The general impression .......
....reading all of the above is that no-one really seems to have enjoyed flying it. Or am I overinterpreting?
The phrase "For its time it was a competent aircraft" is rather damning it with faint praise.
Often in threads like this there's some person expressing some enthousiasm for the beast.
I will admit that the comments about the vulnerability of knees and thighs would have given me pause for serious thought.
The Ancient Mariner