Years ago, I won a silent auction to fly a T-34 Navy Fighter. The pilot gave me the stick to do horizontal and vertical rolls. Only pulled 4gs but that was more than enough for me.
I got to go dogfighting in a T-6 Trainer against another T-6.
Pulled 3-4 G’s coming out of dives. Went vertical until the plane stalled, fell over on it’s back and went full throttle vertical down diving on the other plane. It was intense.
And fun.
I used to rent T-34B’s from the Monterey Navy Flying Club and meet some Cobra guys over Santa Cruz pier for fun and games in the late ‘80’s. Guns, guns,guns...