One free two week trial, and the time starts the first time you log on. Best bet is to download the game and check out the trainers site to learn what you can. Come here on the message board and ask as many questions as you can think of. Practice fighting the drones, learn to fly loops and rolls around them with out looking out the front window of your plane. Practice shooting them from any angle you can, practice bombing both dive bombing and level bombing. ASK QUESTIONS!
Then after you have a basic understanding, log on and give it a go.
Good luck, and welcome aboard.