Funnily enough, while my RC experience undoubtedly helps, I have tried using a joystick in BF vietnam and BF 1942, and prefer the keyboard and mouse. It's much easier for some reason.

The helicopters in desert combat are the most realistic, and therefore the hardest to fly. The BF vietnam ones are easy by comparison.

I was quite pleased to discover you can roll a heli in vietnam, which seems to take most people rather by surprise.

I still enjoy flying planes under bridges, although I haven't quite managed going under the bridge in flaming dart upside down yet. I've done the one in operation hastings (I think that's the one, with the temple?) though.

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