Not Navy folk, just a PPL/Spotter/Aviation History Enthusiast (i.e I've seen TORA TORA TORA, BoB and Dambusters at least 20 times and the childhood home was about three miles from St Athan) but I believe the Japanese experimented with carriers with the island on the LEFT in WWII. I have a vague memory that two carriers ,one lefty and one righty, were supposed to steam side by side and respective aircraft would take up left or right hand patterns according to their ship's configuration so as not to be a-conflictin' with each other. Or something. I don't know which side one hopped in a Zero though.
Last edited by CatchThePigeon; 27th Jan 2012 at 14:17.
Reason: I can't tell my right from my left.