Originally Posted by
DaveReidUK
The student pilot was sitting in the left hand front seat, and the instructor was sitting behind him; because of this, the instructor was unable to see the airspeed indicator, which was in front of the student.
In the mid 1960s a group of us tried to form a flying group and as most had no licence I recruited a colleague as instructor/member.
The two group leaders, who were PPL holders, bought a Jackaroo without reference to the rest of us and the instructor withdrew as the conversion made instruction impossible in his opinion, since there were no instruments for the instructor - and his view forward to the right was compromised. It seems he was all too right, but happily he didn't flight test the problems he foresaw.