February 4, 201313 yr Btw, is the nickname in any way related to the experience? Haha...no. That involves my now-deceased tall-tale-telling great aunt, my wife, and a name for a shared e-mail account. H
February 4, 201313 yr Origins go back as always to shipping The rules at sea are that hen two power-driven vessels are meeting on reciprocal or nearly reciprocal courses so as to involve risk of collision each shall alter her course to starboard so that each shall pass on the port side of the other. Yhis applies to aircraft, Gerry Howard
February 5, 201313 yr In the Mooney, warrior, 172 or Cardinal I wouldn't want to crane my head left all the time to see the gauges. Standard traffic pattern is left and thus sitting left lets you see easier.... I think that it is more likely that the instruments are installed on the left side because the pilot is traditionally seated there, rather than the other way around.
February 5, 201313 yr I think that it is more likely that the instruments are installed on the left side because the pilot is traditionally seated there, rather than the other way around. That was the point.... John Skibo
February 5, 201313 yr I think that it is more likely that the instruments are installed on the left side because the pilot is traditionally seated there, rather than the other way around. A SIAI Marchetti SF.260 I once *sat* in (working maintenance at the time... that was as real as it got) had the flight instruments on the right and radio stack on the left. Don't remember the model...
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