I'll sum up the most important use for the
zoom in one word....ground attack (<g> I know, two words, but I'm a pilot, not a mathematician!)
Seriously though, this is a "feature" that is
long overdue in the AW/WB type world...
the POV limitations imposed by real world
monitor sizes has always made the targets
SEEM too small. If we all had monitors as
wide as the windscreen/panel of our favorite
plane, there'd be no problem. (c'mon SANTA!)
Using the zoom isn't all that much different
than leaning forward into you deflector sight
and getting a better line on a target.
Good feature and really makes it easier to
line up those flak guns for a strafing run
(if only my "wobbly" flying style would let
me actually HIT them)
Grumpy