"Peter Duniho" wrote in message
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"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
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Why not? I'm right handed, but have flown yoke equipped airplanes
left-handed since I started flying.

I presume that the problem Bob foresees is how to write things down while
flying the airplane.

I am not a big fan of writing down a lot of things, especially when IFR. It
gets your head down in the cockpit, increasing the chance of things like
spatial disorientation and mid-airs. I use both hands when writing, holding
a clipboard up at eye level. If the airplane is properly trimmed you should
be able to fly it for several minutes hands off, just using some rudder.
Besides, all these new airplanes have autopilots. If you have to write
something down, it is a single button push to engage a heading hold. The
Garmin G-1000 even has a built-in voice recorder so you can listen to the
last several clearances if you wish.