.TH Command FLY
.SY "fly [<SECTS> | <PLANES>] mission-type <SECT> route [COMMODITY]"
The \*Qfly\*U command is the \*Qmove\*U or \*Qnavigate\*U of the air.
It represents a complete mission for one or more planes
taking off from one place (and perhaps ending up in one place).
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Although there are types of aircraft
which can land on any kind of sector,
most planes need an airport from which to take off and land.
For these planes,
<SECTS> must be the x,y of an airfield
(or the indicated PLANE must be at an airport).
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If not specified on the command line
the program requests information as to the planes, the mission type,
the assembly point for the mission, and the route which it will take.
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There are several different kinds of missions the planes may perform.
These are
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	strategic bombing
	transport
	pinpoint bombing
	air-assault
	nuclear bombing
	recon 
	drop-off
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The different planes vary in their ability
to perform each of these missions.
Fighters are used for escort and interception,
while also possessing the ability to perform
pinpoint bombing and strategic bombing.
Light bombers are used primarily for pinpoint bombing.
They perform as well as fighters do for strategic bombing.
Heavy bombers, while they can perform pinpoint bombing,
are notoriously inaccurate and in general miss what they are aiming at.
They are used mainly for strategic bombing.
Transport planes and some varieties of helicopters (choppers)
are used to transport or drop off commodities.
Spy planes are used to gather more detailed recon data.
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During the course of a mission,
your planes may fly over someone else's land.
If you fly over land owned by another country,
and this country is either hostile or at war with you,
fighter planes from the enemy country will scramble
and attempt to intercept your force.
Additionally, if the \*Qtarget sector\*U has guns and shells,
it will also attack your aircraft performing their mission.
If the country is simply neutral,
he will be notified that his radar tracked your planes
as they flew over his country.
If the country is allied, or owned by the deity, nothing will occur.
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Planes have differing air-to-air combat abilities, differing ranges,
and load-carrying capacities.
Some airplanes don't need runways, but can operate out of any
sector which has fuel in it.
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See also : plane-types, build, declare
