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18th Dec 2022, 16:31

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Originally Posted by EXDAC

I have never flown, or been in, a BN2 but I confirmed they do use port and starboard as descriptors:

https://britten-norman.com/app/uploa...Islander-1.pdf

Some references seem to suggest that left, aft, and right were the descriptors used for Trilander engines.

John Britten and Desmond Norman were very keen yachtsmen, might explain a preference for nautical nomenclature!

Ooops, see somebody else made that observation!

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