"Steven P. McNicoll" writes:

I do prop planes, I own an Aeronca 7AC, and I do prop it from
behind. But I'm fairly confident Aeronca put the sole door on the
right side because the left side was occupied by throttle linkage,
not to make inflight restarts possible.

As I mentioned before, passenger entry and exit would also be a
consideration. If you want people to be able to get in or out of the
plane with the engine still running, the door cannot be on the
pilot's side.


All the best,


David