I've never flown a plane, but my dad flew an Ercoupe back in the late 50's and early 60's.
It's almost amazing that we had the technology back in the 1940's to develop some of the fighters planes that we used in WWII.
P-51 - 440 MPH, 42,000 ft. ceiling, 1,500 HP, 6-.50 BMG's
F6F Hellcat - 380...