Worth subscribing to IMHO:
https://www.youtube.com/user/blancolirio
He's a four bar that flies little airplanes, too. Like Nark, except not as handsome.
Four bars that only fly big porkers after weeks of training make me uneasy. Like
guys that only date fat chicks after long courtships. I don't get it.
Back in the 20th century, we considered that someone was a good pilot if he could
jump into anything and fly it immediately - and precisely, and smoothly.
A friend of mine - used to be Chief Test Pilot at the NRC - was of course ex-mil and
while at CEPE (or whatever the kids call it these days) and they were honoured by a
visit from Chuck Yeager himself. Now, it's never a good idea to meet your heroes,
and my buddy asked Chuck what helicopters he'd flown. "All of them", was the reply.
So they got good and drunk, and the next day, badly hung over, they went flying
and indeed, Chuck Yeager was a very impressive helicopter pilot in whatever
types they had around at the time.
A good pilot can fly anything. Or so we thought, back in the 20th century.
A guy I know, his Dad gave Howard Hughes some dual, I forget in what. Some big
pig, probably. Howard Hughes thought he could fly anything, but apparently his BO
was pretty bad and giving him dual was not terribly enjoyable.