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I know nothing about planes.

But - just last week I was working off the end of a small runway. A couple of corporate jets took off and landed - sort of fast.

A restored WWII single prop plane did some touch and goes and landed (really fast - seemed faster than the jets, but that might have just been it’s “wow” factor and the sound).

A Cessna or some such would land. They appeared to be traveling no faster than someone could run. I thought to myself “Heck - I bet I could even land that. And if I crashed, I’m only going 5 mph and would walk away.” (Obviously they are going much faster than that, but the comparison between the planes was huge.)

Already discussed the “Barefoot Bandit” that learned to fly by reading the manuals.

And then there was the baggage guy in Seattle that stole a 727(?) that he learned to fly by taxiing it at the airport and on Microsoft Flight Simulator. He ended up flying quite a ways and even did a roll or two before he nosed it down towards an island to kill himself.