Run as high a resolution as possible and keep your view zoomed out. This will keep the detail up on the plane so you can tell what it is doing, but also allow a view of the ground when you are flying low, so that you can see the runway for landing. Sticking with one field will also help, as you'll start to learn from the background where the airstrip is at, without actually being able to see the ground.

I learned to fly on RF, and soloed my first time out. Here's what my goals were before I ever flew the plane: Be able to fly circuits with no error to inputs, irregardless of whether it was coming or going. Be able to do loops and rolls without crashing. Be able to land without crashing, on the landing strip every time, at least ten times in a row. Be able to fly circuits inverted, under control, with no error in inputs. Be albe to fly rudder only (not using ailerons). Control the throttle, ie be able hold 50% up elevator, and use the throttle to control ascent/descent. It took a while to get this good on the sim (a month of diligent practice), but it really paid off, and the first day I was flying better than some of the members in the club, that had been flying for years. Last piece of advise: take every crash in RF seriously. Stop, think about what you did wrong, and try not to let it happen again. You can very easily turn a crash in RF into a crash at the field, just because it so easy to hit reset on the PC. Good luck!