Subject: Port & Starbard
From: Paul
Date: 4/24/2001, 8:13 PM


Paul wrote:

BTW we should start using port and starboard. What side does the
pilot sit on? :-)

Paul Lamar

  On REAL airplanes, the aviator sits on the centerline.   ;-)

On the rest, the pilot sits on the port side.

Bill
Long EZ builder & pilot
BSME, MSME

That should help us remember. Pilot Port

Paul Lamar


Well, I believe starboard actually means "side from which boat is
steared". Guess it's true for helicopters.

Finn

 
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