Yes shift-j will just have that jiggle effect but that doesn't answer your question. It's just several clever camera tricks you could use. For example the F2 external view, you can do a different type of zoom with ctrl / or *. You can also use free cam F11. You can padlock it with the . from the numpad key. One of the main things you saw though in the movies is the use of the F4 view, this is pretty hard to master because it requires you to change the code in one of the files. You can place this camera anywhere on the plane, in the front, under a pylon, above...etc. Another trick you can use is in the F2 view, you can circle around the plane, then use shift-esc to unlock the plane so you can look around from that axis. It's pretty complex, hope you get it.