[Pepe Le Moko]

I'm not sure if this is a bug, or if I'm simply doing something obvious wrong. I'm trying to do the flight training at Verdant Meadows, but for some reason there seems to be a bug with the plane. I've flown around in some of my other save games, just for fun, by spawning a stunt plane etc. and that worked fine. But for some reason the plane used in the flight training will only rise to a certain height (not high enough to pass through the hoop in the first test) and then will start decelerating and sinking. It does this however gradually I rise. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong, but it's very irritating not to be able to do the flight training. Any ideas what might be going wrong.

[OrionSR]

Usually this problem is solved by raising the landing gear - whatever your submission button is, IIRC.

[lil weasel]

(Aircraft) FLYING BY THE KEYBOARD;
DEFAULT Controls:
Enter – Enter/Leave Vehicle -- (pick-up burglary items)
Arrows Right/Left. Bank Right/Left.
Arrows Up/Down Climb/Dive
A or D Bank Left or Right
W increase throttle
S decrease throttle
E turn Rudder Right
Q turn Rudder Left.
NumPad + raises/lowers Landing Gear.
NumPad 0 or Left Ctrl fire Main Rockets.
Space Bar = Lock on Target.
HUNTER Left Ctrl or NumPad 0 fires Machine Guns.
HUNTER Right Ctrl fires Rockets.
HYDRA Left Alt or Right Ctrl – Launch Defensive Measures.
HYDRA: NumPad 8 sets thrusters for Forward Flight
HYDRA NumPad 2 sets thrusters for Hover Flight
OTHER Aircraft: NumPad 2 Look Down
OTHER Aircraft: NumPad 4 Look Left.
OTHER Aircraft: NumPad 8 Look Down
OTHER Aircraft: NumPad 6 Look Right.
VIEWS: - V cycles through Long, Short, Personal, and Panoramic Views.

If you don’t hold a key the Aircraft will/may maintain normal level flight.
Don’t over control, do use light taps until you get comfortable.

Use of Parachute:
Left Ctrl to open Parachute.
Up Arrow to skydive fast (arms close to body)
Down Arrow to slow skydive (arms away from body)
A/D or Left/Right Arrows to rotate Left/Right
No you can’t tumble.

Recommended System Requirements by Rockstar:
12 button Game pad with twin axis analog controls (USB or Joystick Port)