Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 19:34:29 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mail.buckeye-express.com ([208.16.180.15] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0b2) with ESMTP id 1292573 for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 13 Jun 2002 18:32:46 -0400 Received: from comp18amd1800 (unverified [63.166.37.224]) by buckeye-express.com (Rockliffe SMTPRA 5.2.4) with ESMTP id for ; Thu, 13 Jun 2002 18:32:46 -0400 From: "F. Barry Knotts" X-Original-To: "'Lancair Mailing List'" Subject: RE: [LML] Re: Left Throttle, Right Stick X-Original-Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 18:34:46 -0400 X-Original-Message-ID: <005301c2132a$856702b0$3714a8c0@comp18amd1800> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.3416 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 As others have said, "I'm going to hate myself for opening my big mouth." But here goes. I've been watching the LML for awhile on this topic. There have been a number of persuasive arguments put forward on both sides of this issue. I'm impressed. But today I just got back from a 3 day trip in which I flew about 5 or 6 hours. Mostly IFR and some hand flying. I'm right handed and fly a plane with a standard yoke, but I fly left handed. That's the horn on the yoke that has the trim and PPT buttons. I almost never put my right hand on the yoke. Certainly in landing, take-off and maneurvering my left hand is alone on the yoke. My right hand is on the throttles. The most natural transition for me (a righty, remember) is for the stick to be on my left side. Isn't this how most pilots fly from the left seat?