My favorite way to fly the plane is using the callahan bridge. I park the plane in the garage on Staunton Island and save the game for quicker access to the plane. Drive the plane to the east end of callahan bridge. Turn around and then get in the center of the bridge. NOw you can get a lot of speed and not worry about traffic. When the bridge starts to go downhill, it'll be easyy to get airborn. Sometimes its tough clearing the billboards at the end of the island. If you do though, you can make it the airport and land it on the runway. If you crash, just load the saved game and try it again.
