Virtually any airplane is a straightforward flier so long as the operator takes the time to learn the equipment and then treats it professionally. It is the poor carpenter that blames his tools.
Someone denegrated the Cessna 207 when heavy and hot. I have to say that aside from a cub, the 207 is perhaps one of the sweetest flying bush airplanes available. Get more time in that airplane and let it save your bacon enough times, and you'll change your tune.
Someone else identified the 20 series Lears. I disagree wholeheartedly. Wonderful machines, well designed, and fly beautifully. I've heard some folks call them "slippery" when slow, and havent' a clue what they mean. The airplanes present no quirks, and fly nicely if one stays ahead of the airplane and understands it. Those who denegrate it just don't know how to fly it.
The same may be said for virtually any airplane. A man who deserves a great deal of respect, Jimmy Doolittle, once remarked that the most dangerous airplane he'd every flown was the R-1 Gee-Bee. I'll take him at his word. I wouldn't rate any airplane I've ever flown as difficult, or even challenging. I'd much rather attempt to rate them in terms of what was the most fun, but as flying any airplane is a thrill and a privilege, that would be darn hard to do. They've all been fun.
If flying the airplane isn't fun, or is difficult, it's not being done right. That speaks to the pilot, not the machine. A poor carpenter always blames his...
Someone denegrated the Cessna 207 when heavy and hot. I have to say that aside from a cub, the 207 is perhaps one of the sweetest flying bush airplanes available. Get more time in that airplane and let it save your bacon enough times, and you'll change your tune.
Someone else identified the 20 series Lears. I disagree wholeheartedly. Wonderful machines, well designed, and fly beautifully. I've heard some folks call them "slippery" when slow, and havent' a clue what they mean. The airplanes present no quirks, and fly nicely if one stays ahead of the airplane and understands it. Those who denegrate it just don't know how to fly it.
The same may be said for virtually any airplane. A man who deserves a great deal of respect, Jimmy Doolittle, once remarked that the most dangerous airplane he'd every flown was the R-1 Gee-Bee. I'll take him at his word. I wouldn't rate any airplane I've ever flown as difficult, or even challenging. I'd much rather attempt to rate them in terms of what was the most fun, but as flying any airplane is a thrill and a privilege, that would be darn hard to do. They've all been fun.
If flying the airplane isn't fun, or is difficult, it's not being done right. That speaks to the pilot, not the machine. A poor carpenter always blames his...