I did gliding many moons ago before the power, so stalling was not an issue to me. I had several gliding instructors who were far more on the ball. One in particular, had only one eye, once we were flying his Jodel, first time I had been in a powered a/c (GA), on downwind he couldn't see too well, & said "Sod it, you do it". Not one to miss a chance I certainly did. Closed the throttle, considered it a glider. Today, perhaps not the best of ideas, but the a/c was & still is perfecly serviceable. I have no doubt that had I been about to screw up he was capable of putting things right. The only time he ever grabbed the a/c from me was during short final once at 400ft, he rolled the thing losing 200ft in a couple of seconds, said "You have" just as two Tornados screamed over us at 4/500ft!
A week later two Yanks came & apologised & bought us all a pint. Happy days.