I can give you the pitch numbers for all aircraft so you can build it. Check the latest version of the beta terrain editor manual by Esaycor and Greebo. It's a pain in the tuooty to do. Then you drive out in a jeep, F3 and wander around. Yes in F3 if the object has internal structures, you can move yourself there.
The beta terrain editor is your friend. And so is Easycor and Greebo. You can also use F3 with the fighters in convergence setup mode. Or just spawn out on the runway and use F3. If you have TR it defaults to it for viewing. You can also use Shift_H to go into mouse pan mode.
Don't know why you guys hate F3 on the runway for this nonsense.