Originally Posted by
Dan Winterland
French throttles used to work the other way prior to WW2. Push for less power, pull for more. IIRC, the RAF aquired some Curtiss Hawks form the ADLA after they surrendered. The throttles had to be re-engineered.
Same experience with the RCAF taking on North American Yales redirected after the fall of France. Throttles re-engineered. Not sure what the Germans did with their captured French Yales.
Heard the Italians also used to have the backward throttle system.