Smudge, I think you would need a very strong harness to get to the Aux to Util lever, being forward of the para door on the outside if I remember. ( Last flight 1989) Manual override of the flying controls would have been very stressful but some use of trim tabs may help. Once had a left main gear hang up and had to use the crank handle. It wouldn't go either so I found a very large Warrant Officer passenger and pressganged him to put some welly on to it. He strained for a couple of minutes and with a huge bang the thing cleared and free fell. Much relief, turned out to have fouled the emergency brake hose which the good WO broke.
Last edited by bugged on the right; 30th Oct 2014 at 10:19.