Ken Duffey wrote:

Wasn't the wing sweep lever on the F-111 changed early in its
development programme??

IIRC, the engineers designed it so that, moved forward, the wings swept
back (to go faster, same as throttle), moved back, the wings swept
forward (to slow down - same as throttle).

The early test pilots insisted it be changed to a 'natural' movement -
back to sweep the wings back, forward to sweep them forward.

I don't know why, but it reminds me of the timne I was at the Norfolk
airport (departures on one side, arrivals on the other), standing
outside waiting for my ride for and hour and a half. Finally took a
taxi. When I got home, asked my wife why didn't bother to pick me up.
There may have been a "WTF" in there. She said, "I was waiting on the
DEPARTURE side of the airport. You were departing the airport, weren't you?"