I played the game in it's original form.. to get the full magic you MUST get DosBox!
Also, the plane might not be taking off even if you are holding LEFT by itself and at the very end also holding UP simultaneously if you are trying to run it without DosBox because the program will not run right without DosBox in most computers.
Download DosBox and WOF (install too)
Put all of the WOF files in a folder righ on the C: drive (C:\newfolder)
Open DosBox
Type "mount c c:\newfolder" hit enter (just like this spaces and all)
If it says that the folder was mounted then type "c:" hit enter
then type WOFE
the game will start!!!
You can hit Ctrl F11 and Ctrl F12 to slow down and speed up the gameplay.
About four F11s give you the real speed