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The first banshee in AotCR is easy to find, hard to get! It is located just after you happen upon the Scorpion and Johnson and his handy sniper rifle. The banshee lift off is triggered by your passing a certain point in the upcoming fights. Once it lifts off, you cannot steal it. This is how I have gotten it in the past.
Firstly, you need to take care of the covies that Johnson and the marines are battling around the Scorpion. Either on foot or in the tank, finish off next the covies in the "natural tunnel (without going all the way through the tunnel) then backtrack and take care of the covies to the left of the tunnel entry. When this second batch is finished off, if you look up the left wall of the canyon you will see a platform. This platform is where the banshee is. You cannot see the banshee from this spot, but this is where you need to knock it off from a bit later.
Once you have spotted the platform, go back to the crashed Pelican near where the scorpion is/was and make your weapon selection the rocket launcher and the sniper rifle. Move back to the tunnel and go through 3/4 of the way until you can see the Jackals moving around to the left of where the Wraith will be on the frozen pond. Take them out with the sniper rifle. Next take out any Grunts in turrets and any stray Elites. Once they are gone, along with any Ghosts, you need to take out the Wraith. Personally, I like to do this with a Plasma Pistol I have taken off a dead Grunt, but whatever flips your skirt up. When the Wraith is gone, you need to park the Scorpion on top of the little hill that overlooks the frozen pond the Wraith was on. If you face "forward", the natural tunnel will be at your back, the forerunner made tunnel will be on your right, and the platform with the banshee on it will be to your left. Get out of the tank, make your weapon combo the sniper rifle and rocket launcher if you switched to a PP like I did, stand on the turret of the tank and sniper scope in on the platform. If you parked the tank correctly you should be able to see (on max zoom) the front end of the Banshee poking up as it sits on that platform. Get your target reticle onto the point that is midway between the top of the visible part of the Banshee and the edge of the platform that is blocking your view of the rest of it. If you aim too high, the round passes over the Banshee and won't knock it off. If you aim too low the round will detonate on the edge of the platform. It can take several tries, sometimes you knock the banshee out of view without knocking it off the platform. If this happens, kill yourself to go back a checkpoint and try it again. Do not use the tank main gun because it is not very accurate for pinpointing where you need to hit.
The lift off trigger point is between the frozen pond and the forerunner tunnel with the Hunters in it. Be careful how far beyond the pond you go.
Good Luck and Good Hunting!