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Different design features such as symmetrical wings, big engines, larger rudders etc surely make the Sukhois and Caps easier to fly for some figures?? My point was that some people, not necessarily good pilots, but with 'a good job in the city' and a large wad of cash can go out, buy a CAP232 or SU31 and fly a pretty faultless sequence with a very small amount of practice. I think they miss the hard graft of trying to make an aeroplane such as the Zlin fly the perfect loop, or roll etc. . .OK, there are pilots in the UK flying these aircraft very well, such as yourself, Brian Lecomber, Tom Cassells etc, and most of them have worked their way up the ladder from the bottom flying Stampes, Pitts' and the like. But not straight in at advanced and unlimited levels and then World Championships after a few months. . .That was my point. . .How many Formula 1 drivers do you see having their first drive in the Williams car?? Most of them started in Karts... . <img src="wink.gif" border="0">