Thread: Life of lefties
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Old 12-11-2005, 10:00 AM   #71 (permalink)
Carno
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Hahaha well the only people in the plane are my instructor and I.

Pilots learning to fly always sit in the left seat of the aircraft, so regardless of their dominant hand, everyone flies with their left hand. The right hand is used to change radio freqs, manipulate the throttle, push annoying passengers out of the door at 15,000 ft, etc. So righties have to fly with their left hand too.

Flying in the right seat means that you will always control the yoke with your right hand, and do the various other things with your right. My roommate who is right handed says it's awkward for him to fly in the right seat since he is used to controlling the aircraft with his left hand. It's kinda like using a mouse on a computer I guess; you learnit on one hand, and it feels too awkward using your other hand, even if it's dominant..
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