On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 03:30:49 +0000 (UTC), Bertie the Bunyip wrote:

I noticed that ex-navy guys
never stepped on the ball, they moved the stick in the direction the ball
needed to go. I asked one about this and he told me that's what you do to
co-ordinate! Interesting. It works just as well and unless you're making a
gross correction you'd never notice the difference. I guess it comes from a
naval notion of the rudder being the primary control or something..

Holy ****, I thought it was me and my newbieness. I am working NAS JAX and
spending time with the NAS and I get the same conversations.

I think.
--
Remove numbers for gmail and for God's sake it ain't "gee" either!