In Blender - How to Make Star Wars dog fights in an atmosphere

These are two very good videos that will get you off to the races, if you want to make Star Wars type dog fights.   (You could replace this with whatever ships you have though.) FYI any clouds will make your renders super slow.  Adding vfx pre rendered will help with this, but you have to be careful for simple camera moves if you do that.

Definitive woRKFLOW FOR lANDSCAPES.

  

This is one of the most comprehensive workflow Tutorials for Landscapes in blender.  He talks about how to blend textures, use meshes instead of displacement, and using lattice for randomness.   If you watch this video 3 times, first take the info in.  Second, take notes, third, Try different parts using his Add on. (free version)