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Left and right in cockpit evolution

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L. F. E. Coombs
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I will put forward what I hope are reasonable explanations of why some of the more important features of the aircraft cockpit and the way in which an aircraft is controlled have been related to a particular side or direction of turning and circling; including the much debated origin of the left-hand circuit.

The ergonomists and the human factors researchers talk of the man/machine relationship and before getting down to detail cases we need to look closely at the human component of the man/machine interface in aviation. Relevant to the subject are the hand and side preferences of the human component, the pilot.

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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 78 , Issue 767 , November 1974 , pp. 513 - 522
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1974 

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