To keep your pilots alive forever, make a copy of the PILOTS.DAT file before going on a dangerous mission. If you get killed, you can copy the file back and your pilot is resurrected - as though he had never flown the fatal mission. For example, to copy the file, change to the Aces directory and type: COPY PILOTS.DAT BACKUP.XXX To resurrect a pilot, change to the Aces directory and then type: COPY BACKUP.XXX PILOTS.DAT Make sure you copy the PILOTS.DAT file every time you successfully complete a mission.