It bears no relevance to this thread, admittedly, but I supposes after 57 pages little does:
My late friend Dick Weeghman, with whom I worked at Flying Magazine in the 1960s and '70s, tells of the time he made his first fully-under-the-hood takeoff in a T-6, during his cadet days. (He survived to fly -86 Dogs.)
"I lined up on the centerline, carefully set the gyrocompass to runway heading and pulled down the hood. Gently brought the throttle up and we rolled faster and faster while I kicked away at the rudder, working my ass off to keep that gyro centered, and we finally lifted off, to my relief. Only then did I realize I'd never uncaged the gyro."