This is a much, easier aeroplane to fly than the Harvard or N3N-3 (both wartime trainers that I have flown) and from everything I've heard from reliable sources, the Spitfire is a much harder aeroplane than those.
I've got a couple of hours in the Harvard and I didn't find it particularly difficult to fly, or land. It's certainly HEAVY to fly - acro is a two-handed business.
I've never flown a Spitfire, but I did treat myself to an hour of dual in a P-51, and that was an absolute delight to fly. I've heard that the T-6 (/Harvard/Texan/...) was deliberately made harder to fly than the real combat aircraft.
But unless you've got around $10M to spare, and maybe $250K/year to run it, it's all a bit academic, though a pleasant enough dream.
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