Have you ever heard of the 10,10 sector radar bug? These two bugs are probably caused by the same thing. Go into your Settings and find an option slider called Move Time (if it still exists). The more the slider was adjusted, the slower you moved as a person. Meaning, if you set it slowest and clicked a new base, you were literally walking there as if in a chute.
The same thing still occurs, but because our move times are set the way they are, we move faster than the video card or our eyes can catch it. When you first log in, you're in 10,10,5,5,5,5 ect and actually "run at light speed" to the lowest numbered friendly airfield. No, I'm not kidding.
This position is also somehow related to the F5 view. You'll notice if you suddenly die and your computer has a split-second of thinking time, your view will suddenly be in that 10,10,5,5,5, ect location until you hit the tower. If you press F5 and are looking around said tower, then go fly and suddenly die again, that little bit of thinking time will display you where your last F5 head position was until it gets you into the appropriate tower.
