The deuce was a relatively easy airplane to fly as almost all military
planes are. I think it's funny that a guy who shoots touch-and-go's in
variable wind in a Champ---or someone who does aerobatics in a 220
Stearman---or flies cancelled checks in a Beech 18--or used to fly a Newport
in The Great War would think he is a lesser pilot than a military jet
fighter pilot. I crawled into a Mach 2 fighter with around 250 hours flying
time. Hell, I wouldn't loan my glider to a guy with 250 hours. When I owned
a cropdusting company, I wouldn't hire a pilot who hadn't crashed a plane or
been cited for drift damage yet.

The missions are tougher and the outcome is often more grisly and the
demands to think fast are higher but as far as stick and rudder?...no.

An F-102 might be a better airplane than your Discus but that has no bearing
on the ability of the pilot.

"Vorsanger1" wrote in message
...
The original message was that "he was not much of a pilot". The original
questions remain: how does the poster know, what are the sources ?

As far as I am concerned, anyone, and I mean anyone, who qualifies to fly
an
F-102 is more of a pilot than I am.

Cheers, Charles