That's pretty cool. I'll try those out. Seeing the ground can be an issue in ALL sims, no doubt.
Sometimes I think I am on a nice final approach, and then suddenly realize I am lined up right
into the pits or a tree

Isn't there a paramater in the airplane file that you can set to make the plane increase in size
if you get disoriented and fly too far away? I think I tried it, but no luck. I need to figure out
how to add a parameter. The planes look like they don't have a default entry for that one?
Maybe in the raw data file, rather than on the fly while the plane is loaded?

Thanks.