HappyJack...
Comments re the Pitts are spot on...always a challenge, but an enjoyable one. I often hear people say (probably those that have never flown a Pitts!) that they are very difficult and "squirrelly" to land. Rubbish! What the Pitts is (as you rightly point out) is very responsive...if you dance on the pedals then the aircraft dances down the runway
...heave on the pedals and you'll be investigating the runway verge.
Had the opportunity recently to fly a Citabria (thanx Wombat35
) immediately following a flight in our Pitts...obviously not a fair comparison...but what was difficult stepping out of the Pitts into the Citabria was the vast difference in the size of control inputs required...we almost never wheel the Pitts (although I believe the guys in QN do frequently), and to do a few circuits wheeling the Citabria was a very enjoyable challenge...quite a different challenge to the Pitts obviously...but still enjoyable.
More should take up the challenge of a "conventional" aircraft.
[edited to add some of those cute wee faces!]