One is funny and the other might answer a few questions.
The funny one is if you bail out and pause, go to options and then hit apply, and then unpause, then camera won't zoom out when you crash which is cool.
The other one might explain why some of the AI is crashing.
When I playing the tutorial a couple minutes ago, I was practicing my landings at the airfield. I landed perfectly to have a loud explosion scare the sh*t out of me. I turned the camera to see it was the Hurricane of my instructor pilot, Tuck(FYI: Tuck follows you around during the tutorial). I assumed he got shot up somehow so I took off thinking nothing about it and when I bailed out and crashed the screen said, "Mission Failed. You Killed Tuck!"
I started the tutorial again and landed at the airfield, I looked up at Tuck, and he just plowed straight into the ground. Then, I crashed on purpose and was given the same message.
Apperently the AI tries to fly at the same altitude as you.