To increase your altitude BEFORE you've taken off, press Y then F4.
When you want to stop going up, press Y again. Anytime during the
game press "y". You will stop and so will everything. On the top it
will say "slew." Then press either F2 to go forward or back and F1
to stop. Or press F4 to go up or downand F3 to stop. Also when you
are in "slew" mode you can the can go forward, back, right left
using the arrow keys on the keyboard or the joystick. When you are
done press "y" again.
Panning Your View
Here's how to change your view:
Pan up shift-backspace
Pan down shift-enter
Pan right ctrl-shift-enter
Pan left ctrl-shift-backspace
