And on a more general and personal note, while I admire great stick & rudder skills and aspire to develop decent ones myself, I feel this (implied) "us real pilots vs. them pathetic aircraft operators" undertone which so often seems to go with the subject of airplane handling quite tedious
Well it's not going to go away. Sad thing is, there aren't that many of us from a sport/pastime point of view nationally and we still argue about crap like tailwheels v trikes. Be a lot better if we all just enjoyed flying whatever it is we choose to fly and let others do the same.