diff --git a/Nasal/view.nas b/Nasal/view.nas
index 7a78e58d0..0dc47a83c 100644
--- a/Nasal/view.nas
+++ b/Nasal/view.nas
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ var manager = {
                     # this allows Tower View AGL to work on aircraft that don't
                     # know about it but need non-zero target-*-offset-m values
                     # to centre the view on the middle of the aircraft.
-                    if (i==2 or i==3 or i==5 or i==7) {
+                    if (i==2 or i==3 or i==5 or i==7 or i==8) {
                         set_default(helicopter_view, "config/target-x-offset-m", viewnode);
                         set_default(helicopter_view, "config/target-y-offset-m", viewnode);
                         set_default(helicopter_view, "config/target-z-offset-m", viewnode);
@@ -963,7 +963,7 @@ var fdm_init_listener = setlistener("/sim/signals/fdm-initialized", func {
 	var zoffset = nil;
 	foreach (var v; views) {
 		var index = v.getIndex();
-		if (index > 7 and index < 100) {
+		if (index > 8 and index < 100) {
 			globals["view"] = nil;
 			die("\n***\n*\n*  Illegal use of reserved view index "
 					~ index ~ ". Use indices >= 100!\n*\n***");
diff --git a/defaults.xml b/defaults.xml
index f99437f42..e6e848057 100644
--- a/defaults.xml
+++ b/defaults.xml
@@ -708,6 +708,19 @@ Started September 2000 by David Megginson, david@megginson.com
         <lookat-agl-damping type="double">2.2</lookat-agl-damping>
       </config>
     </view>
+    <view>
+      <!-- Similar to Helicopter View but does not change heading with
+      aircraft, which avoide poor behaviour with vertical climbs, e.g. with
+      Shuttle. -->
+      <name>Still View</name>
+      <enabled type="bool" userarchive="y">false</enabled>
+      <type>lookat</type>
+      <config>
+        <from-model type="bool">false</from-model>
+        <at-model type="bool">true</at-model>
+        <z-offset-m alias="/sim/chase-distance-m"/>
+      </config>
+    </view>    
     <menubar>
       <visibility type="bool" userarchive="y">true</visibility>
       <default include="gui/menubar.xml"/>