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I'm with Darryl. Every WWI a/c I've seen has the main fuel, etc., controls mounted on the left -- anything that would need to be manipulated during flight. This suggests to me that cockpit layouts were optimized for right-handed pilots. And the practise of forcing south-paws to become righties continued (in North America, at least) into the early sixties. There probably weren't too many left-handed pilots in WWI.
Watched the Y2K celebrations from Auckland and Sydney this a.m. -- much impressed. Hope everyone has a splendid New Year.
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