I think the best way is for you to forgo the debate and try AH out for yourself.

Give yourself some time to get used to the differences before you decide though... different doesn't necessarily = bad or not realistic. Now both of these things were originally written by HiTech (both Warbirds and Aces High) with flight data input from Pyro, so they should be, and are in my experience, very similar flight models in many ways.
Give your 2 week trial a run and see what you think.
