Several years ago, a pilot examiner of my acquaintance would askhis private applicants one question and one question only during the oral portion of aflight test. The question was, "Which control makes the airplane go up?" If theapplicant answered, "The throttle makes it go up," he passed the oral part ofhis check ride, but if he said the elevator makes the airplane go up, he failed the oraland thus the entire flight test!
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/features/eye-of-experience-11flying-by-sight-picture