Dudley Henriques wrote in
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I had the same feeling. Better nose vis in the standard and the 450 was
heavy as hell in the glide. Great airplanes though and a whole lot of
fun. Flying open is a special experience :-)
Only way to go in my book. Stearman was a great aerobatic trainer.
Virtually unburstable (except the prop, of course) and demanding enough to
do aerobatics in, but it was no Waco...
The Lakes was even better, but I got only a little time in them.
Bertie