NEVER MIND ! ! OK, now I see what's going on here... what I described above is your view when you smack into a tree when you are in the "Follow" view in AFP... The crash and aftermath does appear odd when viewed from this perspective.

When viewing the same impact from the "Fixed" perspective the visual elements make a lot more sense... the plane is not floating it is hanging in the tree (Duhh, just like my real flights!!) and the detatched parts are fluttering very slowly toward the ground... Cool!!

Thanks for yoru response, Dion... great program!!