Kyle Katarn made many modifications to his beloved HWK-290. Unfortunately, however, he never found time to install a front facing window. Instead he relied on a combination of "drifting techniques" and the sideways turret action. Eventually he crashed the Moldy Crow near the valley of the Jedi. Years later he returned to retrieve it and discovered that it had been reconstructed by Jawas. The Jawas traded the Crow back to Kyle in exchange for a free semester at the Jedi Academy.