The journalist's words, as would be expected of most journalists, are pure and utter cr@p!
The DC3 was in every respect a 'normal' aircraft to fly, certainly different control feel to other aircraft, but that's normal for comparison between varying types.
Maybe the journo was flying it by auto-pilot, now that's a different matter. Turning a DC3 with it's crude Auto-Pilot was achieved by yawing the aircraft by way of manipulating the Heading control, and it felt terrible. For anything more than a few degrees of turn, it was far better to disconnect the Auto-Pilot, make the turn manually (
WITH AILERONS) co-ordinated with appropriate rudder input, and then re-engage the Auto-Pilot.
Typical journo crud!!!!
Regards,
Old Smokey