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"Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City"

Mission: For the Man Who Has Everything (Yusuf Amir)
Difficulty: *****
Required: !!!CHEATS!!!, Sniper rifle

Description: A large, oddly-shaped blue helicopter designed for aerial transport of vehicles. This is the normal version, with just the helicopter itself. This helicopter is over twice the size of the Annihilator, making it the biggest helicopter in GTA history.

Strategy: This is a rare step-by-step strategy listing, due to how long it is. As difficult as it all sounds, it's actually quite simple and easy. The problem is that screwing up means replaying the entire mission again, and there's NO way to shorten it. You must drive Yusuf's car to the marker, then follow the entire train sequence, then NOT skip the final cutscene on every single attempt.

1: Before attempting this, use the Annihilator cheat (359-555-0100). This is important as it needs to be in your cell phone's cheat list. For those who dislike cheating and only want one cheat on their record, do this in Luis' house. The cheat will be added but your official count will still be at zero.

2: During the final cutscene, Yusuf drops Luis off. Luis waves at Yusuf and then makes a comment. During this comment, open up your cellphone and quickly use the Annihilator cheat (should be on the bottom of your phone list, and at the top of the cheat list). As soon as this happens, exit out of the phone, run to the Annihilator, and get inside. You MUST do this as fast as possible; any delay will likely cause you to be too slow to catch up in time.

3: Hold down on the stick as the Annihilator takes off, to tilt the heli backwards. Keep going like this, turning when you get a chance to face the direction he took off in.

4: Yusuf and the Skylift should be in the distance. Chances are he's flashing, as though the game is deciding whether or not to delete the helicopter. If you cannot see the Skylift at this point, or if it vanishes for more than a second or two, retry, because it's already lost.

5: Once he stops flashing, you're safe, so long as he isn't out of sight for too long. He should be, by default, heading south along the water east of the highway along the east coast of Broker. To the south should be a section of raised highway (the east-west highway which leads to the Broker Bridge). Slowly and carefully fly and land your Annihilator here (keep it intact though!), making sure the Skylift doesn't leave your view (a moment should be okay, but if given a couple of seconds off-camera, it will vanish).

6: Once on the highway, land, and keep watching the Skylift. It will stop about halfway to the highway, then start moving slowly backwards. Don't worry, as it will soon stop again, and begin slowly moving forward. Once this happens, and it approaches the highway, run south to the southeastern corner of the raised highway (the part that runs north-south).

7: After reaching the corner, watch the Skylift, and prepare to snipe. When it begins hovering over the highway itself, aim at the cockpit and snipe Yusuf. There should be a small beige-colored ball inside; that is the target. One shot should to it. With any luck, it'll drop onto the highway, a short enough drop it won't explode, and with the highway walls (the edges and middle) so low, neither the blades, nor the tail should snap.

8: Once it is safely on the highway, run over to it and get inside. There should be no impediment to taking off immediately. Do whatever you want with it.

9: After doing all of this, saving it requires heading to Niko's Middle Park East parking spot. Park the Skylift so that the front wheel and right-rear wheel are within the yellow parking zone. This will allow you to keep the Skylift! Other positions won't store it properly, and other safehouses don't allow enough room to safely store it.

Some other tips:
-If the blades snap after Luis is in the Skylift, inputting the health
cheat (362-555-0100) will fully repair the helicopter.
-Turning around quicker (by doing a 180 as soon as you take off) will let the Skylift retain the subway car, however this is of little use as it vanishes when saved in a parking spot. The subway car is intangible anyways.
-In my experience, using the Advanced MG to "break open" the cockpit and make Yusuf snipeable is not necessary. One shot at his head will kill him and cause the Skylift to descend. Although the MG may destroy the cockpit windshield, this is not necessary to hit him with a sniper rifle.
-"Guiding" Yusuf to other places (such as the airport) is also not necessary, as the default AI for how he acts is sufficient to shoot him down and (hopefully) keep it.
-TURN OFF AUTOSAVE! If autosave is on when the mission is completed, the autosave will cause Yusuf to vanish! It makes obtaining the Skylift quite impossible.