I originally played it on the Amiga but later on the PC. Graphics were a simple side scrolling affair. You start a level by chosing an aeroplane (sometimes a helicopter) from a big choice and attempt a mission. Could be rescuce something, shoot something down, fly through the mountain tunnel, etc etc. You take off from a runway and have to land back in the same place to complete the mission.

Anyone remember?

Found it! After much searching and false starts (Wings of Fury on CPC64 and Amiga was a red herring) Retro Gamer came to my rescue via Google. The game was Jetstrike.

Now I just need to work out how to play it again. Amiga emulator? DOS version? Buy a CD32 off eBay?

There are a few flash games based on the same principal.

Do you have any links to some info?

I'm intrigued. Some links to similar flash-based stuff would be most welcome so that I could give it a whirl.

http://games.rastaduck.org/WingsOfFury/WingsOfFury.html

This appears to be a fairly accurate clone of the original.

I downloaded DosBox and a free (so it says) copy of the game last night. Havent tried setting up DosBox yet but I'll have a go over the weekend.