Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site brl-vgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!seismo!brl-vgr!ron From: ron@brl-vgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie) Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Re: Pilot seating positions Message-ID: <2458@brl-vgr.ARPA> Date: Tue, 13-Mar-84 16:24:02 EST Article-I.D.: brl-vgr.2458 Posted: Tue Mar 13 16:24:02 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 14-Mar-84 19:39:44 EST References: <222@mi-cec.UUCP> Organization: Ballistics Research Lab Lines: 14 British pilots sit on the left because they don't drive on the left side of the sky. I used to get a friend of mine very upset to the point of him screaming..."We simply drive on the left side, not the wrong side."). The side of the plane the pilot sits on is set by the manufacturer. Tradition puts this on the left for side by side seating. Front and back seating typically uses the rear (but typically this is because when flying solo balance requires that the plane be flown from the rear seat). Actually most every dual control airplane is flyable from both positions. In less expensive implementations the right side typically doesn't have full instrumentation or some controls are not as conveniently located.