OK heres how to fly. the big moment is here.....
I like this suspense.
OK. Let's start at the beginning, taking off.
Now this bit im sure youve already picked up. As you go along the runway push forward on the left anologue stick (everything is done on the left stick, ok) about half to three quarters up. Now after a while the plane will start bouncing and sparks will fly. If you lifft off the stick completely now the plane will shoot straight up into the air. Level it out gently by pushing forwards on the stick.
NOW YOUR FLYING
Now, staying in the air takes a bit of practice. It took me about 4 days to get it completely right. The trick is to always have the plane pointing slightly down at the ground. It takes courage but believe me it works. As the wind gets under the wings the plane will lift up. (By the way i only recently found out, you dont actually have to stay on the accelerator one your in the air. I think its a glitch in the game but it saves your right thumb!) This is quite hard and occasionally you have to add a little help but pushing SLIGHTLY down on the stick. Either way, the plane will bob up into the air like off the runway, just not as far. My word of advice in the air is not to let the plane point up much (apart from when the wind naturally lifts it but be careful even then) because the plane sort of stalls and you just cannot regain control. So your flight will be very much down, up, down, up, down, up and not smooth. Eventually, when you are above all of the buildings (as high as you can go anyway) you can just let it be level and fly itself, but this is boring so i keep bobbing up and down. By the way, most of the buildings that are in your way now (about 4 in the whole of liberty) you can drive through anyway, so dont worry too much about them. I still wouldn't advise trying to go through them as eventually you'll find a solid one and come crashing down. Be prepared to spend a little time on this as it does take time to get. Just remember, going down means coming up in the long term.
OK, NOW TURNING
Whats the point of flying if you cant turn. Turning is hard to master, but once you get the idea of staying in the air (section2) it is actually really easy. Normal advise is to press up-left or up-right (on the stick, plane will go down) and this is pretty standard advise, but like the flying, occasionally the plane does not look like its going to pull up at all, and you have to lift the nose slightly. It really is a case of getting used to it. General advise though, is take off on the runway towards the sea, and then go around Staunton, that way turning becomes voluntary not necassary. About half way round you should be high enough to go over most of the buildings anyway.
As for landing, Im working on that...
I hope this helps, and all i can say is keep at it. It will take a couple of days to get right, but you should be able to see the developments. Please feel free to ask if you have any problems and ill try to go through it in more detail (if i can!). Sorry if this was boring, but most of it was necassary.