It think the GoGamer site has the latest version of the manual
In terms of depth, yes.. each aircraft have their own advance flight model, take A-10A for example, it's corner speed should be near it's stall speed while the F-15C should be around 350-400 knots on light loads
I don't know about Platinum versions though..
If you want, go get yourself some Lock On Flamming Cliffs, It's much better to buy at Lock On.ru than Lock On Gold because some of the initial Flaming Cliffs CD in that packaged have problems and wont run..