GTA San Andreas Up, Up and Away! Walkthrough

Woozie’s crew needs an armored van, and Zero suggests lifting one with a Leviathan sky crane instead of a plain carjacking. CJ steals the helicopter from a military fuel depot, shoots down two Hunters, winches up the van and flies it to the Aircraft Graveyard.

Before you start

Bring full armor and a strong rifle for the base

Check your health, as the soldiers at the compound shoot on sight

This mission can only be started between 20:00 and 06:00.

Objectives

Steal the helicopter from the military fuel dump, the gates will open for a military vehicle.
They have sent two gunships to intercept you, use the gun emplacement to destroy them.
The gunships have been destroyed, get to the chopper and get out of there.
Go to the depot and pick up the bank van using the helicopter’s winch.
Take the bank van to the Aircraft Graveyard in the desert.
Land the helicopter in the indicated zone.

Up, Up and Away! walkthrough

A heavy lift

Woozie and the crew meet in the storeroom. CJ does not want to raise suspicion with a simple carjacking, so Zero gives him the idea of hijacking a sky crane, a Leviathan, to lift an armored van. The helicopter has to come from the military base, so go there.

CJ and Woozie rejecting a street-level armored truck robbery

The crew gathered around the table in the storeroom

The fuel dump

Head for the K.A.C.C. Military Aviation Fuel Depot in Spinybed, in the north-east of Las Venturas. The gates only open for a military vehicle, and any other vehicle sets off the alarm. Once you are in, soldiers armed with M4s open fire, so shoot them from cover and move toward the helicopter.

CJ in a convertible with the game saying the gates open for a military vehicle

Driving along the Julius Thruway toward the base

CJ running between buildings inside the base

Shoot down the Hunters

Two Hunter gunships come to stop you. Use the gun emplacement, which has unlimited ammo, to destroy them. Keep the cross-hair on the lead Hunter until it goes down, then swing to the second one. When both are gone, head for the Leviathan.

The game saying two gunships have been sent and to use the gun emplacement

CJ at the gun emplacement with the instructions on screen

The gunships destroyed with the game pointing CJ to the helicopter

Pick up the van

Climb into the Leviathan and take off. Fly toward the depot marked on the radar, where the bank van waits. Hover over the van and lower the winch with the winch control until it hooks. Raise it and the van lifts clear. It is lighter than it looks, but keep the hover steady so the hook does not swing it.

CJ walking up to the Leviathan helicopter

The winch controls shown as the Leviathan takes off

The Leviathan flying over the road toward the depot

To the Aircraft Graveyard

With the van hooked, fly it to the Aircraft Graveyard in the desert. Fly low and smooth, because if you drop the Securicar you have to go back for it. The van has to land on its wheels, so lower it gently. At the zone, put the helicopter down and the delivery is complete.

The Leviathan carrying the bank van over the Las Venturas rooftops

Flying past the sex shop sign with the van underneath

The Leviathan flying toward the desert with the van

The Leviathan reaching the landing zone at the Aircraft Graveyard

Done at the airstrip

Once the Leviathan is down in the indicated zone the mission is complete. The helicopter is now yours to use at the Verdant Meadows airstrip.

CJ and Zero beside the Leviathan at the airstrip

The Leviathan standing on its landing marker in the desert

What fails this mission

Besides dying or being arrested, the mission ends if any of these happen:

The Leviathan is destroyed
The Securicar is destroyed or stuck where the winch cannot reach it

After the mission

You earn Respect, and the Leviathan helicopter is now yours at the Verdant Meadows airstrip. Breaking the Bank at Caligula’s opens once Saint Mark’s Bistro is done and Millie’s card is held.