ChristiaanJ
4th Mar 2007, 22:32
My apologies right from the start for this question, just plain curiosity from an ancient.....
I've flown as a flight test support engineer on helicopter flight tests (INTERESTING....) a long time ago. Agusta-Bell 212 mostly.
As such I've had about an hour in the right-hand seat, which I will never forget.
Somehow the question cropped up the other day... why is it "left-hand seat" in fixed-wing aircraft, and "right-hand seat" in rotary?
Left-hand seat in fixed wing dates from before WWII, but how did right-hand seat in rotary happen?
I've flown as a flight test support engineer on helicopter flight tests (INTERESTING....) a long time ago. Agusta-Bell 212 mostly.
As such I've had about an hour in the right-hand seat, which I will never forget.
Somehow the question cropped up the other day... why is it "left-hand seat" in fixed-wing aircraft, and "right-hand seat" in rotary?
Left-hand seat in fixed wing dates from before WWII, but how did right-hand seat in rotary happen?