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Old 24th Sep 2009, 08:54
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Capt Pit Bull
 
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I've wondered about this.

As a 'northern hemisphere guy' I have noticed that students seem to be more liekly to end up off track to the right. But of course that could be due to some other factor - maybe a sub conscious tendancy to want to unmask the area beneath the left hand side of the nose.

I guess it would be worth calculating it.

ISTR reading that it's a significant factor in long range gunnery. So if its a factor for guns firing shells at ? several hundred metres a second for a few miles, it ought to be a factor for aeroplanes travelling a bit slower but far further.

I might do some sums later

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