Interesting machine the 500. The 500M, the military version, is flown from the right hand seat whereas the civil version is flown from the left. Because of this, in Ireland my boss who only had a right eye, lost the left one in the Isle of Man TT, managed to get the 500M on the Irish civil register as he could only fly in the right seat. He was allowed to fly provided he had a pilot in the left seat to monitor the Ts & Ps!!