Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising

Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising

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Skirinka Island Tour

Skirinka Island Tour

Find the PLA helicopter and fly it around Skirinka Island in Dragon Rising

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How to unlock the Skirinka Island Tour achievement in Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising - Definitive Guide

Once you get to the helicopter I found the easiest way to get this achievement was to let the AI fly the helicopter. Before boarding give the order for the troops to enter the vehicle first as this will put someone in the pilot seat for you. Then enter and sit wherever you want.

Once in the helicopter bring up the map and start chaining waypoints round the island using the 'Move and Hover' command. You want to position the waypoints just off the island so that you are flying around the outsides of it, with it still in view on the right hand side of the screen.

I found when trying to fly it myself that I wasn't getting the achievement, which I put down to flying too high, and not right round the outskirts.
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03 May 2010 08:20

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I'm going to try this tonight since both myself AND my co-op partner fail at piloting lol. Between flying too far off the coast, crashing into the sea and somehow landing it upside down on the beach 300 meters from its original location... if this works I'll be so happy haha.
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By Saikred on 30 Jun 2010 09:27
Great tip, was definitely much easier to let the AI do the flying. :)
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By Pedle Zelnip on 28 Nov 2010 01:10
Yeah that is by far the easiest thing to do since flying the heli is a bitch. The AI is perfect at flying it leave it to them just make sure you take out the SAM's first
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By Steve Redman on 09 Dec 2010 19:04
Worked like a charm. Thanks
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By oooo Smurf oooo on 17 May 2011 01:22
What level? As it's not mentioned i will be marking this down
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By James Lees123 on 20 Oct 2011 17:39
The level is kinda mentioned in the achievement text.
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By HorZa IX on 20 Oct 2011 17:40
Where i can find the helicopter?
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By KOSTAS A M GR on 05 Nov 2011 11:45
James you're a dumbass. Great solution - I definitely can sympathize with Saikred on flipping the heli upside down on the beach multiple times.
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By M1 462 on 16 Jun 2012 23:57
Great trick, but you should put the helis location in the guide as some do not know where it is. Just a tip
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By Mr DopeGaming on 16 Jun 2016 07:28
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the heli can be found at grid ref 20N X6Y1 which is on the beach to the left of the island, to unlock the achiev i just flew around the outside of the island and it unlocked
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18 Jul 2010 15:07

After completing the 4 missions, I flew up to the light house then right down the middle of the map to the village at the bottom. circling over the 1st SAm site that was destroyed.

i then flew up the right hand side of the island... when i got to site 2 I got the achievement whilst still in the air... NO NEED TO LAND SAFELY !!

So... in short, I think its a case of fly over and visit the 4 mission sites on the map as well as the extraction point.

ALSO.... Use the Javelin at the ruin on the hill at the light house to destroy the AT vehicle to get the Scrap Metal Achievement
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I can confirm no need to land, but I did have to circle twice. Be sure to stay close to the shoreline, and do not fly around the smaller island to the south, you'll go outside the combat area - fly between Skirinka and the smaller island. Just take you time and use this as practice for flying the helicopters.
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By Onza on 19 Oct 2009 17:57
I just did this on a single mission, it took me quite a while, I went to each mission marker then I began circling the island and about where you said it unlocked, maybe its a timed event or even a matter of how far you fly? My stats for distance traveled was 20km.
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By B8TINGU on 13 Jan 2014 07:53
The helicopter is near one of the SAM sites. If you're heading for extraction, it's past the LZ maybe 500-800 meters and on the beach to the left. You don't have to fly all the way around the island, just take an easy ride for while and see the sites. Be sure to stay away from the other SAM sites and don't go too far away from the small island.
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08 Oct 2009 13:54