"Bob F." wrote in
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Yes, you learn a lot about Dutch rolls real quick. ...and I did
experience a elevator hydraulic cylinder stall once in a 707. That
was an experience.


Ouch. I didn't know they had hydraulics on the elevator. I thought the 707
was all tab control except the rudder.
I had a pitch problem in an A300 at about FL190 once. That was pretty
exciting, but since it was the automatics that caused it we were able to
disconnnect and get it all back under control. Scared the crap out of us.
We thought we had something on the airframe come loose and cause the pitch
problems. Nothing else made sense until we got down and maintenence
diagnosed the problem. We got a mach buffet recovering (2.5 G) but of
course that part of it wasnt too dramatic because of the relatively low
altitude. It would have been a different story at 330 ( the 'Bus was not
good at altitude)


Bertie