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Old 1st October 2003 | 22:25
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FlyingForFun

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Most people seem to end up on the left side of the runway
Why is this? I know I tend to be on the left, and instructors I've flown with or spoken to have told me that most pilots do, but I've never found a reason.

Logic would suggest that, being seated on the left, you'd try to get your seat over the centre-line, which would result in the aircraft actually being to the right of the centre-line - the opposite of what happens in practice. And I don't know about anyone else, but I tend to be on the left in tandem aircraft, too, so I don't think it's related to seating position.

Anyone got any ideas?

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