The mighty Jetstream 31/32 negative auto pilot clockwork instruments, built like a brick !!!! house. And the overspeed alarm is bloody loud you can hear it in the rear row of seats.
But a pilots aircraft to fly and I think they are great fun.
I know what you mean about the article but if you just do the obvious things smoothly and efficiently you can deal with truly horrendous unusual attitudes without pulling the wings off. As long as there is still airflow over the control surfaces you should be able to sort it without breaking anything.