Keith,
Propellers rotate both directions, depending on the engine installation. This has no significant influence on elevator (pitch) operation with respect to the direction of operation, but it does have an impact on rudder requirements in single engine airplanes, and can affect the degree of assymetric thrust in multi engine airplanes.
With turbojet airplanes, the direction of rotation isn't of great significance.
With a propeller installation, gyroscopic forces aren't nearly as significant as a rotor on a helicopter or gyroplane. Gyroscopic forces are perceptible when performing an aerobatic maneuver or a rapid maneuver in an airplane, but the primary effect that gyroscopic precession has isn't on the pilot or aircraft, but stress placed on the crankshaft or prop extention (part of the reason that aerobatic aircraft tend to have significantly reduced TBO's on their engines).