Neville Shute Norway in his autobiography gives an interesting account of F/L George Stainforth, who had been hired to test fly the first Airspeed aircraft, sitting for hours in the cockpit prior to the first flight asking the same questions over and over again and running his hands over the controls repeatedly. The Airspeed group actually became rather uneasy in the situation and thought perhaps they had selected an unsuitable test pilot. On the first flight the engine stopped at less than 500ft after takeoff, F/L Stainforth did a 180 and returned to the field for a perfect downwind landing. Then they figured it out.
After an excellent landing you can use the airplane again!
(and Airspeed did)