- Prerequisites: None
- Rewards: Overdrive Gloves (Clothing), $800
- Details: Fly through the checkpoints and destroy everything in your path.
MISSION Commencement
Locate the patriotic shrine to Clutch Nixon on the rocky riverbank below the Gethsemane Greenhouse, east of Faith’s Gate. When you’re ready to rest your flying chops, accept the mission on the plaque.
RACE through the Checkpoints
The plan involves precision flying and firing your plane’s machine gun. You begin at point 
and must fly through the canyon-like river, before heading through a narrow gorge, into an open river at the eastern edge of Rock Bass Lake. Pass the Misery, and head back toward the finish along the narrow river gorge, under two bridges 
.
Study the guide map to understand the location of the smoke circle checkpoints (
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); fly through each of these to maintain your time. In addition, a few of the circles are color-coded as targets on the guide map (
, 
, 
, 
and the finish at 
). These have large wooden targets you need to shoot before you pass through the surrounding circle.
You start with 40 seconds on the clock. You receive +6 seconds for each circle you pass through. If the timer reaches zero, if you crash, or if you exit your plane, the mission fails.
If you haven’t flown before, you may find the maneuverability of the plane tricky to time, so slow your acceleration just under maximum for the circles requiring a sharp turn. Make very light turns so your plane rights itself horizontally after only a second or so; do this to avoid flying into obstacles.
Check the distance for checkpoints one or two ahead of the circle you’re passing through, so you can line yourself up exactly. Shoot at any circle targets immediately. Expect a professional pilot to finish this with 23 seconds left on the clock.
