Confusing Hero situation

Ok heres the deal, in the mod im creating i have these hero's that can get into helicopters and fly them. Now i was thinking, that with the way the spell works (like hippogryph riders) if the helicopter died would my hero by recognised as dying or not, then could i revive him? also say i made it so when he was flying the helicopter, the helicopter was noted as a hero type then the helicopter died then would the helicopter go to the alter or just the hero.

In the end what i really want is the hero flying the heli and when it dies he goes to the alter, or even better the helicopter goes up lvls when the hero's inside and when it dies the helicopter is gone but he lands on the ground. I dont know maybe im crazy but some help would be kool. Thnx.

P.S. i do realise that maybe i will just have to accept that maybe the hero can't fly the helicopter and he will just walk, but it would be kool to get him flying.

N.B. i dont want to do this with triggers like in the WE. I need this to be done in the .slk and other various files from the mpq.

I advise you to set up a system of scenarios that do what you describe, and see how it turns out.

If it doesn't work the way that you want it to, you will definitely need to use Triggers to complete it.

I'm guessing that if you made both the heli and the unit inside heros, when the unit is inside the heli, only the heli would gain levels. If the heli died with the unit inside, both would go to the altar.