| Just to complicate things: isn't it the case that in helicopters the senior pilot sits on the right?! I've no idea why.
On very early large British multi-engined aircraft such as the Handley Page O/400 or Vickers Vimy the control wheel appears to be on the right, but I couldn't say if the same was true of similar aircraft of other nations. Certainly by the 1930s, on something like the Blenheim the pilot was definitely on the left, despite the fact that on British cars the driver is on the right. |