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No-Fly Zone achievement in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary

No-Fly Zone

Destroy three of the four Banshees on “Halo” on any difficulty during a single play-through.

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    Do this on easy. It's easier. Also, you need to kill all three yourself—it isn't shared with your co-op buddy.

    tl;dr: two at the beginning, two after the cave and saving your first group of strandeds (four total, choose three)

    At the very beginning of the second level ("Halo"), Cortana will tell you to haul ass over the bridge into the hills. A dropship comes in, TWO Banshees with it (small, manned Covenant aircraft). Take them out one at a time or spread the love (damage) equally.

    Later in the level, upon exiting the cave, save your first group of strandeds (or let them die) and Cortana will either call in Foehammer (your friendly Echo-419 "We Deliver") for evac, or will say that no one survived. When you return back into the canyon with the river to go to your next location TWO Banshees will attack you. Kill at least one for the achievement.

    No matter whether the strandeds live or die, wait until Cortana/Foehammer's dialogue is over before returning to the canyon where the last two Banshees appear. Do not bring a gunner if you're on a lower difficulty, because if he shoots one down, you will not receive credit towards the three you need for the achievement.

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    Spreading the love is always a good strategy
    Posted on 03 Nov 12 at 08:55
    Orran DuraiI damaged the first two to the same degree to finish them off quickly in succession. What happened is that both disappeared behind the mountain. I did the same with the other two but neither of them disappeared. So the best strategy would be to focus on one banshee at the beginning and destroy the two in the canyon. I played solo on Legendary.
    Posted by Orran Durai on 14 Feb 18 at 20:20
    iTz Canada EhhSuper easy to do on easy. Just a note though that you actually need to destroy the banshee itself. I somehow killed the pilot of one of the first two, and the banshee fell to the ground. Once it was on the ground, I couldn't seem to destroy the it. The achievement didn't pop for me until I destroyed both banshees in the second part.
    Posted by iTz Canada Ehh on 16 Dec 20 at 20:01
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  • II darksmile IIII darksmile II
    16 Nov 2011 16 Nov 2011 18 Nov 2011
    This is not my video.
    Can you see how to find the four banshees
    No-Fly Zone and How Pedestrian achievements.

    Credit to ADRRGamingUK

    EDIT: please write why give me a negative feedback, thx
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    oHIGHxINxAxBOXoTO EASY TO FOLLOW, NO NEED FOR NEG FEEDBACK
    Posted by oHIGHxINxAxBOXo on 27 Jun 12 at 02:08
    StarshadeFPSthat damn grenade jump. I was about to give up then I got it first try using HTC phone stopwatch, jump at 2.8 sec.
    Posted by StarshadeFPS on 07 Aug 12 at 03:28
    AradorUsed this for Halo MCC lol
    Posted by Arador on 11 Nov 14 at 07:25
  • TLHBlackDustTLHBlackDust
    17 Nov 2011 17 Nov 2011 29 Apr 2012
    This achievement was rather easy. Take out three of the four banshees found on the level halo, not too bad right? Well I can guarantee everyone out there can get this, you just need a little determination.
    Setup= Halo Anniversary campaign, the level Halo (level 2), SINGLE PLAYER (team-mate banshee kills count separate from yours...), you can choose a difficulty, it doesn't matter that much. I did this first try on Heroic, but if you're having difficulties, feel free to try Easy or Normal.

    What to do= When you start the level you're leaving your drop pod that violently crashed and killed the crew. Grab your ammo, and head straight across the bridge. A search party will then come out (consisting of: 1 phantom [drops ground troops], 2 banshees)
    -Hide behind the first couple of trees, and wait till both banshees get a little closer.
    -When they are close, take out your pistol and scope in on each of them, taking a few shots at each. This will draw attention bringing them closer for an attack.
    -While they are attacking, when one gets into a close enough range, unload on it with the assault rifle until it's taken a decent amount of bullets, and the vehicle is smoking.
    -Repeat this process on the OTHER banshee till it is smoking as well. After the second banshee is smoking, reload.
    -Make sure both are in a decent range, and use your assault rifle to shoot one down, then the other *NOTE once one is shot down, the other will try to escape. You then quickly shoot it down, and if it moves out of range switch to pistol.
    -IF IT GETS AWAY RELOAD CHECKPOINT and try again.

    After those two you'll have a ways till the next. You'll be driving in your warthog in a forested area looking for survivors when the other 2 attack.

    -Jump out and get in the turret on the back, and use the same process as the first two (except with a turret).

    After the first one, your achievement should pop, unless you only got one of the first two, in which case you'll have to take down the second one. Some might prefer to kill one of the first 2, and both of the second group. It still works.
    ****Please leave comments of how I can improve this post, and give a positive review. If negative, leave a comment why so I can fix it.****

    Update-
    Note worthy from "Hullabalooza"- One play-through does not mean completing the level in one sitting. If you stop and save and come back to the level later it will keep record of the banshees you have already killed so that you can still earn your achievement.
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    HullabaloozaGood solution. I think it's worth mentioning that a "single play-through" does not mean "complete the level in one sitting". I managed to get this achievement by playing this level over 3 days (I was going for the Pedestrian achievement too) by Saving my progress and continuing the Campaign the next day.

    Don't know if that's helpful to people but thought I'd mention it.
    Posted by Hullabalooza on 03 Mar 12 at 08:07
    TLHBlackDustThat's a good point, it does leave it open to interpretation without it. Thanks, will add that in
    Posted by TLHBlackDust on 29 Apr 12 at 23:10
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