[caldrail]

Well... in my younger days I landed a DH Chipmunk. It all seemed very safe and straightforward, but then, there was an experienced instructor up front and we were landing on a wide concrete runway that had been used to test the BAC Concorde prototype, in good conditions. What it would have been like on a bumpy short grass field in a crosswind I can't say. Now put a 30-litre aero-engine up front with 2,000 hp driving your windmill, and that a different vball game altogether, twenty times as much power and torque.

I am reminded of the fate of Mark Hanna, a display pilot, who died when he encountered turbulence at low level in a Hispano Buchon (spanish Bf109) and wasn't able to correct it in time. He was an expert.