<p>Yes. "Fly to a tile" is not the same thing as "discard a Helicopter Lift card". Furthermore, the Pilot's ability specifically limits the flight to another island tile.</p>

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<p>The win condition:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Get to Fools’ Landing! Once you have collected all four treasures, everyone must move their pawns to the Fools’ Landing tile. Then, <strong>one player must discard a Helicopter Lift card</strong> to lift your team off of Forbidden Island for the win!</p>
</blockquote>

<p>The Pilot's ability:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Once per turn, <strong>fly to any tile on the island</strong> for 1 action.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>(Emphasis mine)</p>

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ikegami
<p>Yes, even if you have a Pilot, you must still play Helicopter Lift with everyone on the launch pad in order to win the game.</p>

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bwarner
<p>If I'm playing Forbidden island with a friend and we have all 4 treasures do we have to have the "Helicopter Lift " card still to leave the island from the launch pad if they are the pilot? </p>

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vwguelph
# Helicopter Lift

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-03-13)

If I'm playing Forbidden island with a friend and we have all 4 treasures do we have to have the "Helicopter Lift " card still to leave the island from the launch pad if they are the pilot?

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2015-03-13. Score: 11

Yes. "Fly to a tile" is not the same thing as "discard a Helicopter Lift card". Furthermore, the Pilot's ability specifically limits the flight to another island tile.

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The win condition:

> Get to Fools’ Landing! Once you have collected all four treasures, everyone must move their pawns to the Fools’ Landing tile. Then, **one player must discard a Helicopter Lift card** to lift your team off of Forbidden Island for the win!

The Pilot's ability:

> Once per turn, **fly to any tile on the island** for 1 action.

(Emphasis mine)


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### Answer by username_2 on 2015-03-13. Score: 2

Yes, even if you have a Pilot, you must still play Helicopter Lift with everyone on the launch pad in order to win the game.


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