Don't know if this is urban legend or where I read about it, but....

In the days of open cockpit training (think bi-plane), there was one "stick" and it would physically passed between instructor and student. It simply would be detatched and handed back/forward as needed. I can't remember if it was the student or instructor who snuck and hid an extra stick on board, but the story goes the "one" stick was passed, and the receiver (and owner of the secret spare), shouted, "NO I DONT WANT TO FLY" and threw the "only" control stick over the side. The reaction of the unsuspecting should have been disbelief, panic, and worthy of a pre-historic YouTube.

Can anyone fill in the details - is this real, a movie, or BS.

Thx