diff --git a/Aircraft/c172p-3d-set.xml b/Aircraft/c172p-3d-set.xml
index 1eabbfe86..441de07fb 100644
--- a/Aircraft/c172p-3d-set.xml
+++ b/Aircraft/c172p-3d-set.xml
@@ -41,14 +41,27 @@ October 23 2001 John Check, fgpanels@rockfish.net
   <view>
    <internal archive="y">true</internal>
    <config>
-     <x-offset-m archive="y">-0.4</x-offset-m>
-     <y-offset-m archive="y">0.3</y-offset-m>
+     <goal-heading-deg>3</goal-heading-deg>
+     <x-offset-m archive="y">-0.15</x-offset-m>
+     <y-offset-m archive="y">0.25</y-offset-m>
      <z-offset-m archive="y">0.1</z-offset-m>
+     <default-field-of-view-deg>50.0</default-field-of-view-deg>
+     <default-pitch-deg>-9.5</default-pitch-deg>
+     <front-direction-deg>-1.5</front-direction-deg>
+     <front-left-direction-deg>45</front-left-direction-deg>
+     <left-direction-deg>90</left-direction-deg>
+     <back-left-direction-deg>135</back-left-direction-deg>
+     <back-direction-deg>180</back-direction-deg>
+     <back-right-direction-deg>225</back-right-direction-deg>
+     <right-direction-deg>270</right-direction-deg>
+     <front-right-direction-deg>315</front-right-direction-deg>
    </config>
   </view>
 
   <current-view>
-   <pitch-offset-deg>-13</pitch-offset-deg>
+   <field-of-view>50</field-of-view>
+   <heading-offset-deg>-1.5</heading-offset-deg>
+   <pitch-offset-deg>-9.5</pitch-offset-deg>
   </current-view>
 
  </sim>
diff --git a/keyboard.xml b/keyboard.xml
index b52bec6a8..ffac5b8fc 100644
--- a/keyboard.xml
+++ b/keyboard.xml
@@ -330,6 +330,11 @@ calculated by adding 256 to the GLUT key value in glut.h.
      <property>/sim/current-view/goal-heading-offset-deg</property>
      <value alias="/sim/view/config/back-left-direction-deg"/>
     </binding>
+    <binding>
+     <command>property-assign</command>
+     <property>/sim/current-view/pitch-offset-deg</property>
+     <value alias="/sim/view/config/default-pitch-deg"/>
+    </binding>
   </mod-shift>
  </key>
 
@@ -348,6 +353,11 @@ calculated by adding 256 to the GLUT key value in glut.h.
     <property>/sim/current-view/goal-heading-offset-deg</property>
     <value alias="/sim/view/config/back-direction-deg"/>
    </binding>
+   <binding>
+    <command>property-assign</command>
+    <property>/sim/current-view/pitch-offset-deg</property>
+    <value alias="/sim/view/config/default-pitch-deg"/>
+   </binding>
   </mod-shift>
  </key>
 
@@ -366,6 +376,11 @@ calculated by adding 256 to the GLUT key value in glut.h.
     <property>/sim/current-view/goal-heading-offset-deg</property>
     <value alias="/sim/view/config/back-right-direction-deg"/>
    </binding>
+   <binding>
+    <command>property-assign</command>
+    <property>/sim/current-view/pitch-offset-deg</property>
+    <value alias="/sim/view/config/default-pitch-deg"/>
+   </binding>
   </mod-shift>
  </key>
 
@@ -384,6 +399,11 @@ calculated by adding 256 to the GLUT key value in glut.h.
     <property>/sim/current-view/goal-heading-offset-deg</property>
     <value alias="/sim/view/config/left-direction-deg"/>
    </binding>
+   <binding>
+    <command>property-assign</command>
+    <property>/sim/current-view/pitch-offset-deg</property>
+    <value alias="/sim/view/config/default-pitch-deg"/>
+   </binding>
   </mod-shift>
  </key>
 
@@ -422,6 +442,11 @@ calculated by adding 256 to the GLUT key value in glut.h.
     <property>/sim/current-view/goal-heading-offset-deg</property>
     <value alias="/sim/view/config/right-direction-deg"/>
    </binding>
+   <binding>
+    <command>property-assign</command>
+    <property>/sim/current-view/pitch-offset-deg</property>
+    <value alias="/sim/view/config/default-pitch-deg"/>
+   </binding>
   </mod-shift>
  </key>
 
@@ -440,6 +465,11 @@ calculated by adding 256 to the GLUT key value in glut.h.
     <property>/sim/current-view/goal-heading-offset-deg</property>
     <value alias="/sim/view/config/front-left-direction-deg"/>
    </binding>
+   <binding>
+    <command>property-assign</command>
+    <property>/sim/current-view/pitch-offset-deg</property>
+    <value alias="/sim/view/config/default-pitch-deg"/>
+   </binding>
   </mod-shift>
  </key>
 
@@ -458,6 +488,11 @@ calculated by adding 256 to the GLUT key value in glut.h.
     <property>/sim/current-view/goal-heading-offset-deg</property>
     <value alias="/sim/view/config/front-direction-deg"/>
    </binding>
+   <binding>
+    <command>property-assign</command>
+    <property>/sim/current-view/pitch-offset-deg</property>
+    <value alias="/sim/view/config/default-pitch-deg"/>
+   </binding>
   </mod-shift>
  </key>
 
@@ -476,6 +511,11 @@ calculated by adding 256 to the GLUT key value in glut.h.
     <property>/sim/current-view/goal-heading-offset-deg</property>
     <value alias="/sim/view/config/front-right-direction-deg"/>
    </binding>
+   <binding>
+    <command>property-assign</command>
+    <property>/sim/current-view/pitch-offset-deg</property>
+    <value alias="/sim/view/config/default-pitch-deg"/>
+   </binding>
   </mod-shift>
  </key>
 
@@ -485,7 +525,7 @@ calculated by adding 256 to the GLUT key value in glut.h.
   <binding>
    <command>property-assign</command>
    <property>/sim/current-view/field-of-view</property>
-   <value type="double">55.0</value>
+   <value alias="/sim/view/config/default-field-of-view-deg"/>
   </binding>
  </key>
 
@@ -1054,6 +1094,11 @@ calculated by adding 256 to the GLUT key value in glut.h.
     <property>/sim/current-view/goal-heading-offset-deg</property>
     <value alias="/sim/view/config/left-direction-deg"/>
    </binding>
+   <binding>
+    <command>property-assign</command>
+    <property>/sim/current-view/pitch-offset-deg</property>
+    <value alias="/sim/view/config/default-pitch-deg"/>
+   </binding>
   </mod-shift>
  </key>
 
@@ -1072,6 +1117,11 @@ calculated by adding 256 to the GLUT key value in glut.h.
     <property>/sim/current-view/goal-heading-offset-deg</property>
     <value alias="/sim/view/config/front-direction-deg"/>
    </binding>
+   <binding>
+    <command>property-assign</command>
+    <property>/sim/current-view/pitch-offset-deg</property>
+    <value alias="/sim/view/config/default-pitch-deg"/>
+   </binding>
   </mod-shift>
  </key>
 
@@ -1090,6 +1140,11 @@ calculated by adding 256 to the GLUT key value in glut.h.
     <property>/sim/current-view/goal-heading-offset-deg</property>
     <value alias="/sim/view/config/right-direction-deg"/>
    </binding>
+   <binding>
+    <command>property-assign</command>
+    <property>/sim/current-view/pitch-offset-deg</property>
+    <value alias="/sim/view/config/default-pitch-deg"/>
+   </binding>
   </mod-shift>
  </key>
 
@@ -1108,6 +1163,11 @@ calculated by adding 256 to the GLUT key value in glut.h.
     <property>/sim/current-view/goal-heading-offset-deg</property>
     <value alias="/sim/view/config/back-direction-deg"/>
    </binding>
+   <binding>
+    <command>property-assign</command>
+    <property>/sim/current-view/pitch-offset-deg</property>
+    <value alias="/sim/view/config/default-pitch-deg"/>
+   </binding>
   </mod-shift>
  </key>
 
@@ -1126,6 +1186,11 @@ calculated by adding 256 to the GLUT key value in glut.h.
     <property>/sim/current-view/goal-heading-offset-deg</property>
     <value alias="/sim/view/config/front-right-direction-deg"/>
    </binding>
+   <binding>
+    <command>property-assign</command>
+    <property>/sim/current-view/pitch-offset-deg</property>
+    <value alias="/sim/view/config/default-pitch-deg"/>
+   </binding>
   </mod-shift>
  </key>
 
@@ -1144,6 +1209,11 @@ calculated by adding 256 to the GLUT key value in glut.h.
     <property>/sim/current-view/goal-heading-offset-deg</property>
     <value alias="/sim/view/config/back-right-direction-deg"/>
    </binding>
+   <binding>
+    <command>property-assign</command>
+    <property>/sim/current-view/pitch-offset-deg</property>
+    <value alias="/sim/view/config/default-pitch-deg"/>
+   </binding>
   </mod-shift>
  </key>
 
@@ -1162,6 +1232,11 @@ calculated by adding 256 to the GLUT key value in glut.h.
     <property>/sim/current-view/goal-heading-offset-deg</property>
     <value alias="/sim/view/config/front-left-direction-deg"/>
    </binding>
+   <binding>
+    <command>property-assign</command>
+    <property>/sim/current-view/pitch-offset-deg</property>
+    <value alias="/sim/view/config/default-pitch-deg"/>
+   </binding>
   </mod-shift>
  </key>
 
@@ -1180,6 +1255,11 @@ calculated by adding 256 to the GLUT key value in glut.h.
     <property>/sim/current-view/goal-heading-offset-deg</property>
     <value alias="/sim/view/config/back-left-direction-deg"/>
    </binding>
+   <binding>
+    <command>property-assign</command>
+    <property>/sim/current-view/pitch-offset-deg</property>
+    <value alias="/sim/view/config/default-pitch-deg"/>
+   </binding>
   </mod-shift>
  </key>
 
diff --git a/preferences.xml b/preferences.xml
index bf1fa003e..ae35bf90d 100644
--- a/preferences.xml
+++ b/preferences.xml
@@ -91,15 +91,16 @@ Started September 2000 by David Megginson, david@megginson.com
       <from-model type="bool">true</from-model>
       <from-model-idx type="int">0</from-model-idx>
       <ground-level-nearplane-m type="double">0.5f</ground-level-nearplane-m>
-      <default-pitch-deg>0</default-pitch-deg>
-      <front-direction-deg>0</front-direction-deg>
-      <front-left-direction-deg>45</front-left-direction-deg>
-      <left-direction-deg>90</left-direction-deg>
-      <back-left-direction-deg>135</back-left-direction-deg>
-      <back-direction-deg>180</back-direction-deg>
-      <back-right-direction-deg>225</back-right-direction-deg>
-      <right-direction-deg>270</right-direction-deg>
-      <front-right-direction-deg>315</front-right-direction-deg>
+      <default-field-of-view-deg type="double">55.0</default-field-of-view-deg>
+      <default-pitch-deg type="double">0</default-pitch-deg>
+      <front-direction-deg type="double">0</front-direction-deg>
+      <front-left-direction-deg type="double">45</front-left-direction-deg>
+      <left-direction-deg type="double">90</left-direction-deg>
+      <back-left-direction-deg type="double">135</back-left-direction-deg>
+      <back-direction-deg type="double">180</back-direction-deg>
+      <back-right-direction-deg type="double">225</back-right-direction-deg>
+      <right-direction-deg type="double">270</right-direction-deg>
+      <front-right-direction-deg type="double">315</front-right-direction-deg>
     </config>
   </view>