Minor Turbulence

Spieler-Notizen

• ◆This mission bears similarities to the GTA San Andreas missions N.O.E., Stowaway and Freefall:
• ◆N.O.E., as Carl Johnson is forced to fly at low altitude to avoid military detection.
• ◆Stowaway, as Carl Johnson boards a cargo airplane carrying munitions, fights those aboard and then jumps back out. In both missions, the airplane is destroyed afterwards as well.
• ◆Freefall, as Carl Johnson must board a cargo aircraft from an airstrip, invade the target aircraft, kill everyone, and take control of the aircraft. The aircraft used for infiltration is destroyed afterwards.
• ◆This mission bears similarity to The Ballad of Gay Tony mission Departure Time; both Trevor Philips and Luis Fernando Lopez must board the plane through the back, kill everyone onboard, and parachute to safety. The aircraft is also destroyed afterwards.
• ◆Trevor mentions Hove Beach during the mission, a neighborhood in Liberty City.
• ◆The cutscenes near the end of the mission and the actions are loosely similar to the ending of the movies Terminal Velocity (1994) and Air Force One (1997).
• ◆The damage done to the trailer during Nervous Ron will be fixed, and the ability to drink beer there will be available once again.
• ◆When Trevor gets into his Bodhi outside his trailer, the radio will be tuned to Channel X and "Lexicon Devil" by The Germs will always play.
• ◆The dialogue between Trevor and Ron at the beginning of the mission will differ if the player has not bought the McKenzie Field Hangar before this mission.
• ◆If Trevor flies directly over Fort Zancudo while following the Cargo Plane, the two pilots that shoot the plane down later in the mission take off from the base and shoot the Duster down, resulting in a mission failure. However, if he briefly does so at a low altitude (such as over the end of one of the runways), there is a chance that the fighter jets won't take off and shoot down the Duster.
• ◆It is impossible to get close to the Cargo Plane until Ron informs Trevor that they have cleared the Fort Zancudo airspace.
• ◆While approaching the Cargo Plane in the Duster, Ron claims the cargo plane has four jets. However, the plane instead has four pods each containing two jets, giving the plane a total of eight jets.
• ◆Sometimes, Trevor will tell Merryweather that he is flying a 1989 crop duster. However, according to Elitás Travel, it was manufactured in the 1930s and 1940s.
• ◆If the player manages to fly into the RPG shots fired from the rear, they will not destroy the plane, as the rockets are scripted to miss the plane. The Merryweather unit will only fire four shots.
• ◆Unlike in normal gameplay, the Duster will lose its wings when crashing into the rear of the Cargo Plane, which is similar to other jet planes, such as the Shamal.
• ◆The plane in the mission, like the Cargobob in The Merryweather Heist (offshore method), loses its ramp once it opens.
• ◆The plane seems to travel a significant distance once hijacked – the plane is entered just north of the Los Santos County-Blaine County border, and will be flying east of Los Santos International Airport when the player gains control.
• ◆Once Trevor takes control of the Cargo Plane, the radar's map has a very high zoom level. Restarting the mission may fix this.
• ◆If the engine cuts out and the Duster begins to glide due to damage from the Merryweather soldiers shooting at it before Trevor can fly it into the Cargo Plane's rear, a message will appear informing the player that the plane can still be landed safely. Doing so will fail the mission, making the message pointless.
• ◆Trevor states that he will land the plane at the McKenzie Field Hangar, however the runway is much too short for the plane to possibly land there, nor could the hangar accommodate the aircraft. The pilot of one of the fighter jets will tell him to land the plane at Fort Zancudo, which is again still too small for the plane to land at.
• ◆It's possible to land the plane at LSIA, where Ron radios that the plane appears to be too low. Nothing happens until the plane takes off again.
• ◆While the routes of the P-996 LAZERs are scripted, the player is able to hit the jets with the wings of the Cargo Plane. Doing so will simply cause the jets to gain turbulence, and will not destroy them.
• ◆If the player doesn't pull the Cargo Plane up and allows the jets to fly alongside, a brief cutscene will play, where one of the fighter pilots and Trevor exchange hand signals.
• ◆The siren heard when the engines are hit by the rockets is the same as that heard in the Titan in the GTA Online Flight School mission City Landing.
• ◆No matter how low the plane is flown (albeit as long as it meets the game objective), the Cargo Plane will always be flying above the clouds and above the Alamo Sea upon parachuting out. This is done so the plane can enter its animation of crashing into the sea. Note that, during said animation, the plane cannot be destroyed before impact.
• ◆Failing to bail out of the plane causes the engines to malfunction, explosively destroying the plane and killing Trevor.
• ◆After this mission, the player can dive in the Alamo Sea to collect the gear that was inside the plane. The crash site is almost directly northeast of the Stab City trailer park. The site usually contains an RPG, a Grenade Launcher, a Combat MG, a Sniper Rifle, a Body Armor, a Pump Shotgun, an AP Pistol and Sticky Bombs.
• ◆The Railgun also spawns here in the enhanced version of the game (exclusive to returning players).
• ◆These weapons will continuously respawn when leaving the area and returning, giving the player opportunity to stock up on ammunition of said weapons.
• ◆Sometimes, after the mission, the player may switch to Trevor to find him searching the area for weaponry.
• ◆The easiest way to obtain those weapons right after the mission is to take a Dinghy (as diving into the water from it gives player Scuba Suit) and then sail to Alamo Sea by Zancudo River or Cassidy Creek (waterfall on the last one can be bypassed through the duct left to it).
• ◆As seen during the GTA V trailer, the plane was originally carrying Crusaders, which were used to bail out.