I've got a good chunk of time in the AA-1B Yankee. It was a very simple, fun airplane. I was not a fan of landing her though.
When I first started flying it, the airplane badly needed a new coat of paint. I'd take people flying and they'd kinda look down their nose at it. Then, I'd take them up, tell them how much it cost per hour, snap it into a tight left turn and tell them to look up. The push-rod ailerons were very responsive and the full canopy view won people over every time.
I eventually got to design the new paint scheme for it. The paint came out nice.