Whole lot of bravado and bullshit in that article. While they did do a bunch of crazy/stupid shit back in the day, I’ve never heard of anyone doing that. Color me skeptical.
Actually, this would occur several times during a cruise. Happened to me once when somehow the snubber pressure went to zero and I kitty-car boltered several times. The flight deck crew would really give you a hard time after finally trapping......something to the effect of being a "shitty" pilot....with big grins on their faces of course.