You said it yourself, the V-tailed doctor killer. Why did it kill so many doctors? Cuz doctor’s wanted of the best and the fastest aircraft at the end of the world war II and they wanted to get rich and show off. So they bought this very sophisticated airplane, and being very smart they knew that they could fly into IMC conditions without fear. After all, they were doctors and really smart. So they go into IMC, they lose orientation, they start a turn, it turns into a spiral, and they either crash into the earth or they pull back really hard and the wings come off and they turn into a missile that crashes into the earth. The parallel was sometimes you’re not as smart as you think you are.
I assumed that this likely had something to do with what you were referring to but thought that there might be something else.
Our next-door neighbor on the other side of our house, gave me a ride in his super-fast and powerful Mooney right after he got it. We have obstructions on both ends of our field, so he skimmed the trees coming in and didn't get the plane down on the runway until the opposite end was looking uncomfortably close. I don't want to jynx myself, but I feel a lot safer in our Piper Cherokee. I can instantly manually pull in 40 degrees of flaps and if I crab it a little it drops in like a rock when needed.