Rewards: Clear Gem—destroy all 11 boxes.
This time, Crash gets to fly the plane! You must shoot down five large red bombers by shooting two engines on each—one on each wing—until they explode.
As before, to break the boxes, you can shoot either the box itself or the balloon it’s tethered to. Some of the balloons are white with red crosses; these give you health. This is useful because you’ll be taking fire from enemy planes while eliminating the bombers. You can shoot these enemies down, but they just keep coming.
Make sure you bust all 11 boxes to earn the Clear Gem before taking out the last bomber. Once you take down the fifth bomber, you earn the crystal and the level ends.
Time Trial
Time Requirements
Sapphire: 2:18:00
Gold: 1:15:23
Platinum: 0:58:13
While it may seem simple, this is a challenging time trial. Follow the yellow arrow at the top of the screen to fly to the closest bomber and shoot it down. Start firing as soon as it’s in range. Unfortunately, you can’t ignore the enemy planes while going for the bombers, or they’ll blast you out of the sky fairly quickly. If one gets close, take it down.