What plane did you fly then vs now?
Erm, in terms of pattern planes, I've not had many...
Crescent Bullet (ahhh the old 40vf with a magic muffler)
Supra Fly
Rubin (for a while)
Swallow
Venus 40..
I must say that I like the way the new airframes fly, but they don't have that real slippery appeal of the old school rocket ships..
I might add that I started flying when I was around 12, in the late 80's but grew up watching the old man fly everything from Curare's to Magics to Mach ones to well, all sorts of things..