My constructive advice is to be aware of the surroundings especially when in perk rides. I've augered my fair share of 262s and 234s into the trees by not pulling up quick enough. There was a large thread about B-29s and end of runway trees a while back as well, you certainly aren't the only one. The same would likely happen with many heavy bombers and some heavy fighters. It's just a shame it happened in a perk ride.
I am also not an HTC staff member.