[lapsus calami]

 

 

He went more than just sideways - picture a block of wood stuck on a spinning drill press bit. That's pretty well how that went. He had outstanding reflexes and discipline, juggling the throttle, stick & pedals without wiping out. People on the ground were rather entertained by that incident - he wasn't.

 

 

[elcid1970]

Somebody told me his dad watched a twin cockpit Mustang go inverted on final approach when the student pilot panicked & gunned the throttle. Remembers sparks shooting off the runway from the plane’s antenna. The IP recovered the aircraft, landed, and was beating the cr@p out of the student when ground crews intervened. That’s his story, anyway.