Correct on the "a" in Lancia. However, the "e" at the end does not sound like "hey". It sounds a bit like the first "e" in "intended".
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I'm with you. I love being pedantic. :)
Yokes being more user-friendly is highly debatable. I don't have a huge amount of experience with sticks but from an aircraft control perspective I didn't really notice a difference. Granted, the stick aircraft I flew was not FBW. FBW sticks are typically rate-control devices, not direct control devices and so a bit…
I'll copy from my comment above.
Left seaters fly with the left and right seaters with the right, regardless of yoke or stick. Most pilots learn to fly with the left from day one of flight school. The "center hand" is for the throttle(s). In a Boeing you certainly at times have both hands on the yoke, but in the stage of flying that requires the most…
I'm not Paul but I'll field this one. Triplets are problematic for several reasons, all of which are exacerbated the larger the aircraft. It is not so much of an issue in a bizjet, but nowadays forget it in an airliner.
I get that, but I don't think sidesticks are a "fad". They're a a logical way to control FBW airplanes.
Fair dinkum. Having said that, the Cessna TTX has a sidestick, but I'll grant you (just) that this came from an acquired company.
"New fad"? The A320 entered service three decades ago.
It's not a French thing. Sidesticks are the logical way to control a FBW aircraft. Compared to yokes, they are lightweight and don't take up a lot of space. There is no need for the two-handed leverage of a yoke since the aircraft is not being muscled about.
Thankfully I live about 3 hours flight away so I'm sure I'm safe from DPRK ballistic missiles.
Your plane seems to be leaking. I'd get that looked at... ;)
True. Mostly though, what irks me is the lack of taper and the excess fabric folding up on the back of the thighs. That's right, I'm irked.
Hey, you made it onto Whitewhine.com. Respect!
Sadly those are the only items with decent tailoring. The fit of the trousers especially is cringe-inducing...
As ever, I am appalled at tailoring standards in the DPRK.
Hideous but also ridiculously practical.
This comment is the perfect epilogue for this epic article.