DaveU
I think that you may have misconstrued my post in which I said that the Hawk was less of a challenge to fly than the Gnat which seems to be the point that you are making so not sure where the 'diametrically opposed perspective' resides.
On a separate note for others on this subject, I should have mentioned that the Gnat could be a real handful during crosswind landings - no such problem with the Hawk. As to Beagle's reference to the Hunter GT6 I completely agree - almost as much fun as a Lightning especially the stripped F1A's at Colt. .
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