Miniclip's War Wings [Free] has been out on the App Store for a couple weeks now and I've had a chance to play it for a bit. There have been two really challenging things for me while I've played War Wings, those two things are Combat and Research. Those can be very confusing for the casual pilot. Other games like World of Tanks: Blitz [Free] use the whole 'Research and Combat' method that I'm a pretty big fan of. Though, that method does take a lot of learning about the vehicles and lots of time playing the game.
Learn your Plane
Before you go and start researching the next plane to buy, learn the plane you first start out with. Controlling the T1 Hawk II can be very difficult for someone that hasn't played a game like this before. Upgrade your first plane and spec it out as much as you possibly can and get used to the way it maneuvers. I don't recommend buying any of the extra things for your first plane like paint, gun sights, and health kits. As long as you avoid gun shots from other players by swiping left, right, up, or down you should last in the air for a good while. I'll touch on combat a little more in a bit. For paint and gun sights you would be better off not buying them unless you are just dying to buy them. Upgrade your plane to a point where you think you can easily beat other players that have the same plane as you. While you're learning your plane, try to save up as much silver and gold coins as possible. I'll talk about why you should save up on those cu...