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Old May 8th 09, 02:28 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Eric
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Default Flight training before learning to drive?

"gpsman" wrote in message
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I think I've learned something that I can apply to driving from every
different type of vehicle/equipment I've operated.


Funny, in some ways my experience was the opposite!

I spent a lot of my childhood tooling around on homemade go-karts that were steered by foot - push
with the right foot and the kart goes left. In adulthood that was reinforced slightly by the way
shopping carts steer. When I started my flight training, it took me forever to become comfortable
with the fact that when you push on the right rudder pedal, the nose goes *right*!

Eric Law