Hi, I experienced 3 levels of flying skills:

1) trainer: self leveling wings - you let it fly by it self and correct the flight path when you want

2) low wing trainer: you fly the plane all the time correcting it by "prevention" so it does what you want

3) warbird type: you fly it all the time + compensate for it's bad habits (stall speed, coordinate turns (rudder) ....)

One final point is speed, faster the plane, more you have to "see" ahead of its path/ behavior

Myself I had to go a step @ a time, adding just one new element each time. But I am a slow learner

Cheers.V.