fly planes?

[dannyboy1939]

After pressing spacebar in DC my pilot gets ejected into the air. After holding S and pressing spacebar my pilot is ejected into the air. After holding down W and switching to S after i press spacebar my pilot is ejected to the air. After pressing W and letting go and pressing Shift+Spacebar my pilot is ejected into the air. After pressing spacebar and holding the arrowkeys (tried all 4) my pilot is ejected into the air. And finally after pressing space bar many times ive found i eject my pilot.....wtf am i missing.

Tried all the factions elite special infantry, tank crews from quite a few tanks, ATG crews/MG crews, resupply truck crews. and i still taxi hit space and eject pilot...only thing i havent tried is map editor, Men of War (im playing Assault Squad ATM) and online vs players (where its near impossible to get a plane refuled, crewed and a takeoff strip that isnt contested with enemy inf/ATGs/tanks on Desert Airport (believe thats the only online one with a few planes..another map with p51s is in Men of War with same name i think) but all in all spacebar is literally a spacebar