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Now they Fly?

Now they Fly?

In Crimson DLC matchmaking, got a kill while airborne in a Warthog.

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How to unlock the Now they Fly? achievement in Halo 4 - Definitive Guide

*** THIS IS NOT MY GUIDE, I DID NOT FIND THIS SOLUTION, SIMPLY RELAYING INFORMATION ***

*** I FOUND THIS METHOD THROUGH 360xMySterYx on YouTube ***

*** THIS METHOD WORKS. I KNOW IT IS STRANGE THAT A WARTHOG IS NOT INVOLVED, BUT I PROMISE IT WORKS. ***

This is by far and away the best solo method I've found for this achievement. When you first read this method and/or watch the video, you won't really believe that it will work. But, it does. I just popped the achievement on my first try with this strategy.

I suggest simply watching the original video I've linked below (once again, not mine!), but for those who would prefer a text guide...I've provided that as well.

You'll want to do this on Shatter, preferably during Capture the Flag but any game type will work. I'll explain why CTF is preferred in a bit.

You're going to want to pick a starting loadout with plasma grenades. Also, jet pack can't hurt for a little extra mobility (you'll be sneaking into the enemy's base)...but that really comes down to personal preference.

At each base there are two separate gravity lifts on the bottom level. If you haven't found them before / aren't sure what to look for, it might be a little challenging to find them at first. They are fairly small circular pads and there will be upwards arrows on the walls right next to them.

Get to the top of the enemy base either using the gravity lifts or the jetpack. Now, you're going to want to throw one plasma grenade each down each gravity lift. When you throw it down, bounce it slightly off the wall rather than throwing it straight down (see video).

If you do it correctly, the plasma grenade will get stuck in the lift and keep bouncing up and down. When an enemy player uses the lift, they will get stuck, and you will get the kill.

Now, here's the weird part for the achievement. Get yourself killed (after making sure you have plasmas 'stuck' in each gravity lift). Now, stay relatively far away from the enemy base and just play as usual.

When your plasma grenade(s) kill an enemy, you'll get a bunch of medals including a Hail Mary, Kill from the Grave, Plasma kill, Assassination, and some other stuff possibly. In addition, the achievement will unlock. Don't ask why! It does, and it's awesome.

I'm not entirely sure if you actually need to die prior to the plasma kill for the achievement to pop, but I just followed that method because that's how it was done in the video.

Also, the reason I suggest CTF is because people rarely use the gravity lifts in the bases (took me around 4 minutes of waiting for me to get a plasma kill even on CTF). If you play Slayer or Extraction, there's a lot less action near the bases and it's less likely that someone will use the lift.

If you don't get a kill for a while, it's possible a teammate went up a lift and dislodged the plasma grenade...so you may want to periodically check and 'replant' plasma grenades in the lifts.
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14 Dec 2012 03:51

61 Comments
this is the wrong achievement
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By Treb1e on 14 Dec 2012 04:23
No, it's not. Why don't you try it and get back to me?
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By MD Retribution on 14 Dec 2012 04:34
I can confirm this works, i just tried this 10 minutes ago.. had to try it a couple of times but it does work so thank you for putting this up.
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By DCxENVY on 14 Dec 2012 11:45
I got Clay Pigeon, not this achievement. Tried a few more and got the hail mary medal twice but still didn't get this achievement.
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By Ibanez V7 on 14 Dec 2012 12:57
Wow. I can't believe this worked... Shatter doesn't even have a Warthog ffs. Shame on you 343! :P
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By HNorbert on 14 Dec 2012 16:41
Ibanez V7, I am sorry it didn't work for you. I'll try troubleshooting on a second account. Did you also get Assassination and Kill from the Grave medals along with the Hail Mary?
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By MD Retribution on 14 Dec 2012 18:48
HOLY !@#$ IT WORKS!!!
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By Chinar00nii on 14 Dec 2012 21:32
WOOOW. WORKED FIRST TIME!
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By Bord3rhopp3r666 on 14 Dec 2012 22:37
Confirmed! Me & a friend both got it with this method. :)
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By Ham Man 89 on 15 Dec 2012 04:24
I ended up getting both this achievement AND Clay Pigeon using this method.
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By Nameme99 on 15 Dec 2012 22:58
didn't work the first time i tried going to give it another shot but not holding my breath
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By RellikGod on 16 Dec 2012 03:04
ok take it back it worked. TY for the HELP!!! :)
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By RellikGod on 16 Dec 2012 03:07
Works a charm, thanks!
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By Pete5683 on 16 Dec 2012 15:02
Wont get the assasination, even if I'm on the other side of the map...
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By gidestrand on 16 Dec 2012 19:15
It really works, thank you for the tips
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By ryu7536 on 16 Dec 2012 20:00
Holy crap. Thank you!
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By FrustratedNerd on 17 Dec 2012 01:42
Just done it thanks. Got both Now they can fly and Clay pigeon with this method in the same game and from the same kill.
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By AG Bucky Barnes on 17 Dec 2012 02:03
Having a hard time getting the grenade to stay in the lift. Any suggestions?
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By SilentStriker76 on 17 Dec 2012 15:16
Make you sure you throw it at an angle so hits the wall and stays in the lift.
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By FrustratedNerd on 17 Dec 2012 17:31
Confirmed! You have to throw the grenades from the 2nd level down into the vent!
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By gidestrand on 17 Dec 2012 18:20
also like to add you dont have to be far away at all popped for me and i was right beside the building
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By APIT80 on 18 Dec 2012 02:20
great solution, but damn, everyone does it now and seems to know about it. Maybe if you get lucky some people will not know about it
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By Davis 888 on 19 Dec 2012 20:05
Now when I see grenades floating in my lift I run into them on purpose (hoping they're from TA). So just hope you matchmake with a guy like me ; )
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By FrustratedNerd on 19 Dec 2012 20:15
The achievement is really glitchy, I was slaughtered on here for stating you can get it via a mongoose. I mean hell you can get it without a vehicle as this prooves.
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By Rick1987 on 19 Dec 2012 21:58
As of 12/21/12, this method STILL WORKS. As ROBomination said, a lot of people know about this and avoid the lifts like the plague. Until this gets patched (ever?) i suggest that any TA members that see plasma grenades floating in the lifts take on for the (opposing) team and let yourself get killed by it. I got 4 kills like this back-back from another courteous player in a regular (non-boosting) match. Each is worth a slew of medals, including the airsassination and about 50-75 match points. Thanks OP for giving us a MUCH easier way to score this achievement!
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By SPECPOL on 21 Dec 2012 18:37
This took me quite a few tries. The key is dying after you place it. Once I made sure I died first, it took just one match to get it. Just as a note, I killed at least 4-6 people previously without dying in between, sometimes even double kills, and did NOT get the achievement. So I'm feeling like dying is key to the glitch.
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By MajesticPanda89 on 21 Dec 2012 21:48
Watching in theater, I also see it stuck the enemy in the back, so that may be a part of it (for the assassination?)
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By MajesticPanda89 on 21 Dec 2012 21:58
Fantastic, 3 cheevos in one for me! Many thanks!
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By Ben Reynolds on 21 Dec 2012 23:18
It works on CTF and if you do it on Extraction you get the Clay Pigeon achievement. BTW, I was also getting betrayals on my teammates from doing this every once in awhile.
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By Spyforhire on 28 Dec 2012 06:10
a good way i found was to bounce the grenade (from the top level) to the floor and let it just bounce in and then it stays, im also trying to get stuck in the and wait for someone to melee
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By jordan macit on 04 Jan 2013 22:25
Well first time I didn't get anything, second time I got the Clay Pigeon achievement, then third time lucky I got this one.

Thanks so much for posting this. :)
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By Rossa117 on 05 Jan 2013 03:51
Worked. Like. A. Charm. Actually, it happened twice in the same round.
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By Jimmyjams on 06 Jan 2013 22:03
wow
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By xxDAMRONxx on 06 Jan 2013 23:57
After a few matches trying to perfect the placement and then waiting for someone to use the grav lifts, I stuck the same person 3 times in one Extraction match and got the achievement the first time it stuck. Thank you very much. I was trying to get this achievement through other methods for hours, but this worked.
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By dieresis on 08 Jan 2013 00:39
Worked, first try (I already had Clay Pigeon unlocked). I let the plasma jumping and kept playing (died twice or more). Some time later, really far on the map, I got a kill and the achievement,. So thank you, unknown player heading for my team's flag.

Trying to get this playing solo is HARD AS HELL (bad teammates every game, warthog highly demanded,...)

Just got lucky no teammate used the lift :]
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By p3los on 15 Jan 2013 09:23
Anyone just willing to work together to get this? : )
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By Augmented Data on 16 Jan 2013 03:07
This didn't work for me, it instead unlocked Clay Pigeon? Any suggestions?
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By DemonTweak08 on 21 Jan 2013 21:38
AMAZING! Thanks so much for the solution. Got this on a game of King Of The Hill in the first game I tried this method on. Went straight to the enemy base- lobbed the grenades in each man cannon and 5 minutes later... voila achievement

GREAT METHOD
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By JediJohnny7 on 23 Jan 2013 16:47
Thanks so much, this totally worked.
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By BrokenKnght on 25 Jan 2013 20:01
demontweak08 you have to get far away from it so it says Hail Mary when it kills someone and it will pop when I got it I was at the spawn of the turrets
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By I Highway I on 27 Jan 2013 07:44
I got hail mary and no achievement, might only work sometimes?
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By GatorFist on 31 Jan 2013 15:19
Worked for me thanks!
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By Fuzzmeister J on 01 Feb 2013 03:25
It's temperamental. From when I got it, it seemed like you really had to do 2 things. 1: The grenade had to stick on their back. 2: You have to be far away.
I got maybe 5 sticks before it worked.
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By MajesticPanda89 on 05 Feb 2013 14:13
This works, just be patient, I loaded Grav Lifts in both the bases and carried on playing. Around 10 mins later it popped!! Epic!!
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By Angiers Machine on 08 Feb 2013 15:01
Yup, got it after my second time. I am assuming that you need to get an assassination medal to count towards the achievement. Because i didn't get that the first time.
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By PAULINK on 10 Feb 2013 10:08
Confirmed that it worked today, got it first try on slayer but yeah CTF would be much easier. Also I unlocked Clay pigeon when I got this and I was across the map from my grenade.
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By MailOrderCowb0y on 20 Feb 2013 05:07
that's awesome
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By EMFULZ on 20 Feb 2013 21:59
I can confirm this works as of today, Feb 25 2013. I was in a Big Team Slayer match on Shatter and followed the instructions to the T. Took me a couple of tries to get the grenades to bounce perfectly but I was able to get the achievement.
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By WackFiend on 26 Feb 2013 03:05
Still works.
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By Destante on 17 Mar 2013 22:56
Got this, Clay Pidgeon, and it helped me get the points lead in slayer! It also really ticked the victim off because he went after me for the rest of the match! laughThank you so much!
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By Mayday Esquire on 11 Apr 2013 13:38
Still works as of April 16th... they didnt patch this with the Castle Map pack release.
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By I Argonaut I on 17 Apr 2013 03:40
Does this still work?
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By Leo Ascendent on 12 Jan 2014 21:41
Add me on Xbox Live! wanting to try an get this cheevo tonight!!
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By HaloGuy12 on 24 Apr 2014 17:24
So as of 9/3/2014 I can confirm this method still works to get the achievement.

http://youtu.be/8lGN8AHBvWA
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By Telrik87 on 05 Sep 2014 00:02
Can't believe this worked. got a few betrayals by accident, then Clay Pidgeon and then later Now they Fly?
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By RYE HEXAGON on 05 Sep 2014 02:50
This method still works as of 9/20/14
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By pantorqa on 20 Sep 2014 03:51
As of 2/19/15, playing just one or two Crimson maps will automatically pop all of the Crimson DLC achievements.
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By Solario32 on 18 Mar 2015 12:57
GT: J The Altruist

Looking to boost Halo 4 achievements and some of the other games before the server shutdown
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By J ROLL 1998 on 05 Mar 2021 16:43
Looking to boost this one. Message me, if interested.
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By AH Jakim Otte on 08 Sep 2021 12:53
Down to get all the dlc achievements before servers shut down. I have 2 other controllers to help fill the lobby and will help others with their achievements too. Message me on Xbox so we can coordinate a time. GT: Nahzario
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By Nahzario on 04 Dec 2021 14:15
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By yoshionthego on 10 Jan 2022 05:19
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Boarding a enemy warthog in passenger seat and meleeing driver twice (while in the air for second hit) worked for me, be easy to boost with just one friend who drives for you... Hope that helps
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11 Dec 2012 18:45

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This is the quickest method right here.
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By Trombonafide on 11 Dec 2012 21:05
But how can a friend drive you? If you join each other you're on the same team.
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By IX Tom III on 12 Dec 2012 00:56
Not always with join in session or even just doing legit, most hogs have driver and gunner only... Plasma and jump in! Or just join boost session
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By pompeyladbfp on 12 Dec 2012 05:10
Pompey's is the easiest
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By HappyCampersII on 12 Dec 2012 06:57
Yep melee for the win! Id recommend boosting the mantis stomp too as doing that legit is waste of time.
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By pompeyladbfp on 12 Dec 2012 08:56
work for me!!! with no boosting partner. great solution.
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By Ren MadAngels on 12 Dec 2012 15:22
Yep you often find a damaged hog with just a driver after a gunfight, plasma, board, watch driver panic and drive like crazy, melee x 2 = simples
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By pompeyladbfp on 12 Dec 2012 17:43
Was going to post a "guide" with this same exact method. Beat me too the punch.

Upvote to make up for the downvote.
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By Methew on 12 Dec 2012 20:41
Boo sux to the negative, the new guide with sticky detonator is a great idea too
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By pompeyladbfp on 12 Dec 2012 21:14
Wish I had read this before our boosting session. Wasted a bit of time trying to set this up before someone had the brilliant idea of boarding and meleeing from the passenger seat. Works quickly and easily.
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By CyberKnight on 13 Dec 2012 05:52
As you are the top solution, your comments are likely to be read;

I just got this and Clay Pigeon by sticking someone as I died. Oddly, I got an Air Assassination as well!
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By Crimson Ridley on 16 Dec 2012 11:57
The grav lift plasma seems to work too... Randoms!
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By pompeyladbfp on 16 Dec 2012 12:15
Best possible solution! Why neg votes? Thumbs up from me!
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By HyruleBalverine on 25 Dec 2012 06:45
YOu can also get just drive off a cliff with someone from the opposite team.
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By Zymotic on 11 Apr 2013 06:10
More than likely its easier to plasma and board, or if boosting keeping the hog alive is best option...
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By pompeyladbfp on 11 Apr 2013 08:45
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Now They Fly? - 50G (Requires Crimson DLC)

Difficulty: 3/10

This Achievement can be difficult to get without boosting, therefore I suggest you boost to get it.

The best method is to go to a level like Wreckage and have your friend on the enemy team get in a Warthog and drive to the beginning of any ramp. There you will get in the passenger seat and melee him once. After he has been melee'd, have him drive off the ramp, and while in mid-air, melee him again to kill him and unlock the Achievement. This is the method I used so rest assured it will work.
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19 Jan 2013 04:08

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Well boosting is a good way for the achievement it doesn't give you a sense of accomplishment which I myself like but if the achievement is ridiculous I would recommend boosting but only if they're way to difficult to get by yourself
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By I Highway I on 20 Jan 2013 07:46
I understand your point of view, but I posted the strategy for the quickest way to unlock the Achievement. Doing it the legit way would make one feel more accomplished, but it would take quite a while.
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By Krows Graveyard on 20 Jan 2013 22:39
super easy way to get while boosting or possibly while not, just use the sticky detonator. Stick someone on the other team and then while you are in a jump release the detonator exploding the poor sap you stuck and boom achievement.

Cant take credit for this another guy had the idea while boosting and it was a sinch getting it this way.
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12 Dec 2012 03:00

This achievement can get frustrating. So I recommend someone drive you around with operator. Also it is much easier if you ride on the passenger side of the warthog with either a Rocket Launcher or Sniper Rifle. Here is a video I made that shows you on How I got it.
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14 Dec 2012 17:44

Just to let you all know it can be done in a mongoose. was playing on harvest koth rolling around in hogs till i couldnt find any more. hopped on a mongoose to go to the otherside enemy was jetpacking down shooting a teammate just before he landed my goose bounced hit and splattered him and for some reason it popped
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10 Feb 2013 04:35

You can get it on Wreckage. Have someone get in the passenger seat of the warthog and just drive over a jump and splatter an enemy. This is how I got mine.
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02 Mar 2013 00:10

If you are in a boosting session, there is an extremely easy way to get this achievement.
Sit in the passenger seat of the warthog, and have somebody on the enemy team sit in the driver's seat beside you. Turn so that you are facing the enemy, and have the enemy drive the warthog into a man cannon (you can do this on Harvest, not too sure about the other Crimson maps). Once you are in the air, punch the driver until they die (twice usually works for the kill). Easy 50G :D
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15 Nov 2013 15:21

Simply score a kill on an enemy Spartan while you are airborne in the Warthog. While there are a few methods in obtaining this, the BEST/EASIEST method would be to drive the Warthog off a ramp or Man Cannon and splatter someone as you are landing.

Alternative method: Hop into the passenger seat of a Warthog with a Rocket Launcher. When your driver accelerates off a jump or Man Cannon, be ready to blast away any enemy Spartans while in mid-air. Man Cannons can be found on 'Wreckage', while multiple 'rock-ramps' can be located on ‘Harvest.’

Alternative method: If an enemy is driving the Warthog, jump into the passenger seat if it's free. While in the seat, you can melee the driver and get a kill. It will take two melee hits to kill them. Hopefully they'll hit a jump, which can let you melee once before the launch and another while mid-air.

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