No idea why, but nearly all landings were left wheel first. Anyone?
I've always subscribed to the view that it's better to stop first and then land, so I certainly have no expertise whatsoever in catching wires on the back of a boat. However, my thoughts would be that, relatively speaking, the ship is moving from left to right on an angled deck, so the 'downwind' wheel would touch first.
I'm probably completely wrong but I'll try not to let it interrupt my sleep pattern
PS: If the Phantoms with whom we were playing were not 74 Sqn, then it would not have been Deci but rather some exercise off Scotland, or possibly off Cyprus after GWI. Either way they made nice targets
