RE: A few questions from a new guy
First. don`t be fooled by a flight sim, its not the same as doing it for real. Totally different the feel and everything else, no matter how good a sim. Now a sim do help in some areas, but the best thing to do is get you a low wing plane like a Tiger 2, Sig Kougar, Ultra Sport or something like those to get your skills back up along with your reflexes. You may be past the beginning stage but not quite at warbird level. Now some warbirds are easier to fly than others. I flew a few P51s large and small to know you definitely got to be in the zone where you control more by reflex action and not have to think first before you make an input. Very high chance you will end up crashing.
So a good low wing, slightly on the heavy side and fast, you don`t want it being light like cork because that`s not good either. Warbirds quite often end up with high wing loading and you need to know how a heavy plane feel from taxing, take off , during the flight and especially when come time to land, you screw up there and you WILL CRASH.
Get you some low wing stick time then make your move with some help.