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Old May 9th 06, 01:51 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Default Weird Flying Experience


Charles Talleyrand wrote:
Yesterday I went flying down the lakeshore. Given my direction of
travel, to see the interesting stuff I had to sit on the *right*. So
after takeoff I just slid over and flew on the right. I all my
hundreds of hours of flying I've never flown from that seat. It was a
very weird experience.

I did go back on the left for landing.

Anyone else have a weird-and-fun-but-safe thing they've done recently.

-Kitplane01
Who is obvioulsy not an instructor


Haven't tried flying in the right seat in a ffw yet, but have done it
in the helo many times. When I was in Thailand last, I drove myself
around (they drive on the oposite side their) from the right seat and
the car was a stick shift. Took a few minutes to get used to, but I
found it not to be a problem, except at the intersections. I found
myself going from left lane to right lane at the intersections for the
first two or three after that, it was almost second nature. I drove
myself for a few weeks while their. When I came back to the US, I was
back to 'normal' right away, didn't try to go into the left lane at the
intersections or nothing.

The gauges on the car are arranged the same right in front of me, only
that I must shift with the left hand as opposed to the right hand. I
suppose flying from the right seat, the panel will look very different
and unfamiliar, also in the car the W/B is not as important.

The Monk