Then there was the towpilot some decades ago who let me in the back seat of an L-19. After the glider released he let me get it back to the field and got lulled by the nicely managed descent to downwind and base leg.
Unfortunately turning base and slowing with some flap, my stick came out (it had been helpfully put into the socket without setting the retaining pin at some undetermined time
) and the nose dropped to our great alarm. The front seat definitely had control.
Much better then than in the flare
