Aircarft Carrier Operations
I understand it dates back to the early use of helicopters on aircraft carriers. Since an aircraft carrier's control tower is on the right of the ship and in general is sailing into wind when launching aircraft, the captain had to sit on the right in the helicopter when hovering to land. Unless he didn't mind blade strikes!
Last edited by JP1; 12th Nov 2006 at 20:55.
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