Many years ago, on our UAS we had a QFI who was rather small. Downstairs, the AEF sausage-machine was in full swing flying various space cadets in the back seats of Chipmunks; the pilots were either quite senior RAF officers on ground tours, or airliner drivers seeking temporary escape from boredom. This was too good an opportunity to miss, so our QFI friend borrowed a space cadet uniform, put on the too-big helmet and did the well-known duck waddle out for his back seat ride. When asked "What do you want to do, kid?", he replied "Can I have a go sir, please sir, please??" So the unsuspecting pilot invited him to 'follow me through', whereupon our friend moved the control column just sufficiently forward to start a sure but steady dive towards the ground and then froze the control column using all his strength. The speed went up, the pilot's voice became higher and higher in pitch until he finally came out with "JUST MOVE THE STICK BACK WILL YOU, YOU LITTLE $OD!!". Whereupon there followed an immaculate Porteous loop followed by a stall turn left. All went deathly quiet, the pilot somehow loosened his straps and looked behind to see a happily grinning little face!
[ 07 October 2001: Message edited by: BEagle ]