Scoring an "ace" (at least 6 kills) with only 1 life in BF1942, mastering only the spits... its killer turning radius and its arsenal. I don't consider this a pro or an "elitist". Every player do what they have to do: kill other planes and prevent it from raping my team mates below. I have less to complain when seeing the earlier Spits (Mk. II) Merlin coughing when i dive them down, or going off when i inverted them (still using the carburetor) in games, even those which claimed to be realistic.
I understand the lack of characteristics between planes in new physics... all of them just fly like... oh i dunno, like spacecrafts? Even in FH2.2's North Africa SP i can feeeeel the difference. I can point out thousands more unrealistic things from FH2.2's airplane, but pointless it is. Finally i can get that rudder kick in effect on FH2.2 (pretty unrealistic in Flight Simulator series, and even Il-2 as compared to the real 6-axis Level-D ones), but a bit too much, the real thing would break apart if the rudder slams that plane yawing really hard.
The Gravity-less environment. I think it won't be much problem, since the effect can be added. In MS Flight Simulator, you can make any 3-D objects fly, given you configure them right. Let's say, put a Panzer 4G model, give it Boeing 747-400's characteristics, complete with Rolls-Royce RB211-524T thrust setting characteristics. It flies on the program just like the 747-400, the only strange thing is that when you switch outside views, it shows Pz4G flying! Otherwise, you might want a bit propeller feeling, just swap the flight dynamic envelope files with Piper J-3 Cub's one. Your Panzer will lift off at 30 knots even in dead winds condition.
I reaaaallly can excuse the utterly poooor physics, since there is a lack of aviation knowledge besides scattered historical accounts (which says Spits turn better, 109 climb better, 109 do zoom and boom, P-51 is the king of mid alt, P-39 aircobra pwns lower alt, Zero pwns all, etc, etc).
Boeing 757 outclimb them all:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVUDMkBfds4&NR=1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50BRFzVxDH8&feature=related(well, yes the plane was empty, and it had 2 huge RR RB211-535, kinda Zero-ey)
Just to forgive the pooor physics.