"Dave Stadt" wrote in message om...

"Red", "right", "returning" works. It refers to keeping the red bouys on
the right when returning to a harbor. (simplified explanation) Doesn't do
much good in an airplane but the boat people did use some logic.

That one works if you're talking about the lights on an airplane ahead of you.

Here are a few of my memory jogs :

Which color light is on which side - Reds are leftists.
Port and starboard - Starboard has 2 Rs, so it's on the right.
Cruising alitudes - Easterners are odd (I live in the west :-)).

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)