I don't have an airplane which has adequate power to hover. To learn how to do it, I would need to buy bigger engines and try doing this maneuver more often then I do. So, I lack the skills needed to hover. However, I can grease a plane on at times with the best of them. Even the bad landings I may make are usually pretty good; but, on occasions, I can make really bad ones. I love doing T&Gs. This is the most interesting and fun maneuver I do. I like nothing better then a well executed landing or take-off. These are very practical maneuvers to know.

3d is something which has caught on since I left the hobby in the early 90s. It's my understanding that the bigger gas powered airplanes are better at doing these types of maneuvers. Many airplanes are now called 3d airplanes, which I understand are marginally so.

At some point I may get more into 3d or high alpha, which I think is a better name for this stuff. However, right now I'm more like 90% of the guys out there, just doing what I like to do and flying airplanes I like to fly and not thinking about trying to impress anyone (except myself, of course)!