Gums, Grebe, I got to do such a flight...late at night, after my scheduled flying, many many years ago. Maintenance had replaced an elevator pushrod on a -200, and needed a couple of guys to go prove that they did it right, and that the plane would fly in manual reversion. We were chosen. Maintenance rode along, to give us a warm fuzzy. We got up to 33,000, I think it was, and then the mechanic turned off all four of the hydraulic pumps.
ImmediateforcefulpitchupthecaptainandItryingdesperatelytoput allofourweightintoforwardpressureontheyokeallwhileyellingTUR NTHEMONTURNTHEMONTURNTHEMON!!!
The mechanic turned them back on, and we all lived.
OldnGrounded, not without a lot of arm twisting, arguing, threatening, and maybe a little financial pressuring.
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