I tried the first person view and it make me feal more in a simulation than an arcadegame. I can play with only one hand. nice !
In third person view I used the mouse for the camera to control the camera. What I mean by reset the camera is a key to move the camera behind the aircraft in order to see ahead. You have that feature in many 3rd person action game. This is just an idea, my main issue was I couldn't control the camera how I wanted to.
But yes, my first impression was "the technical stuff and the code must be quit good behind that aircraft physics"
Good luck.