Yea the setting to actually expand the 8k limit may be in perhaps a dat file, or some other type that can't be opened by a text editor. There is a program called 3sd that can open and edit the other files. In the 16x environment mod I use, the files seam to all pertain to scenery. I don't reallly know which file it could be or if you can have a 16k viewing radious without a 16k environment which is what you need at present. We need to get the modding experts in here.
The idea about reducing the planes speed would work I bet. Just don't shoot at them I guess. I notice they also have size parameters. You could half there speed and half there size to make to make them smaller targets to compensate. I'm pretty sure that they would still appear the same in game and just be harder to hit. Maybe halving there size would then make then 2 hard to hit.
This sounds like a lot of work. I'm going to take a nap
