Bawahahha , Yeah but they are way easier to fly too.
My Dad was on a modofication test crew for a lot of the war. Some of what he said about some that he flew as best I remember.
B-17 = Piper cub
B-24 = Yeah, it will fly, so what.
A-26 = Looks good.
B-26 = Pay attention.
A-20 = What a joy to fly.
He also got to pull the lanyard on the first 75 mm cannon ever fired out of a B-25. I still have that brass.
I have to say that I’ve never understood the phrase “easy” or “hard” to fly. All of the planes I flew, which wasn’t all that many different types, were essentially the same. Apply full power, hold the nose slightly high and it takes off. In the air, bank the wings right or left and it turns. Increase power and apply back pressure and it climbs. Reduce power and maintain airspeed and it descends. Get close to the ground, continue to hold it off and eventually it lands. Landing in the Stearman biplane or North American AT-6 could be a little tricky. Both had relatively closely spaced landing grear separation and a propensity to ground loop so you had to pay strict attention to what you were doing. But otherwise they all seemed pretty much the same to me.
