It is a long time ago and in Africa but I used to fly quite a lot in the Lance, T tail and the Cherokee 6.
For the bush flying, the Cherokee 6 was a much more useful aircraft although for charter and for medical work, the Lance was a smoother piece of kit, provided that there was a reasonable amount of runway, operating,as we were, at 5,500ft pa (ish) @ sort of 20c-35c.
It would be interesting if anyone on this forum remembers the stall speeds of the Lance and the Cherokee 6.