I don't agree. It's no more "seriously hard" than most aircraft.
I have to say that this is one of the daftest things I've read on a usually fairly sensible forum. The author is either the second coming of Chuck Yeager, or a blaggart. (And since Yeager is still alive, I know where my money is).
Sure, landing any aircraft takes a bit of practice, and most of us remember the sheer terror of our first few dozen landings in a 172 or whatever. But the Pitts takes it to a whole new level. Even when landing a "normal" plane - including a taildragger - is second nature, it still takes a lot of practice to land the Pitts at all, never mind elegantly. I've landed an L-39 and a B-25 and found both of those amazingly easy to land. I would never say that about the Pitts. Every landing is a challenge. That's why I always terminate an acro session with at least three of them.
My Pitts instructor - 10,000+ hr USAF instructor pilot - asserts that the only plane that is harder to land than a Pitts is a U2. (He flew those for a while too). Most of us will never get to find out.
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