"Morgans" wrote:


"Gary Drescher" wrote

The passenger was manipulating the controls, yes. But that in no way
places any navigational responsibility on him--especially since his
cross-country training hadn't even begun yet.

I thought I remembered that the 70 yr old was flying, until
intercepted; the student took over at that point. No?

The article says the student did all the flying, from the left seat, and the licensed pilot (PIC) was in the
right seat and handled the nav and comm.

Mike