My father once took up a spitfire for a maintenance check during WW2. He was
rather 'disconcerted' to find that the action of the ailerons had been reversed
so
that left stick gave right bank. He managed to get it and himself back in one
piece.
Giles
gary edwards wrote:
> Speaking of unexpected inversions: my first ride in a bizjet was a
> maintaince check flight in a Sabreliner 60 many years ago. After we
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