we lost the elevator in an aag electra going into brussels about 10 years ago. the failure was of the hydraulic ram that controlled the elevator , the failure occured at about 1500 feet on the glideslope so we were fully set up and trimmed , the fo asked me if i wanted to deboost the elevator <we had a flight eng on board too> but i chose to fly the thing down and flare using the trim wheel. it was a none event.one thing atlantic did teach you was how to fly a plane.wed all come off dc3,s were electra captains, and were still only in our mid twenties.ah those wrer the days.........
