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To: Reverend Saltine

I think of Sopwith Camels when I hear joystick, aren’t the controls in modern aircraft called yokes?

3 posted on 02/07/2015 8:28:36 PM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)

To: Mastador1

Airbus and a few other aircraft do not have yokes. They have side mounted joysticks.

The ATR-72-600 does indeed have yokes:

5 posted on 02/07/2015 8:33:06 PM PST by ltc8k6

To: Mastador1

Airbus cockpit with sidesticks.

8 posted on 02/07/2015 8:36:11 PM PST by ltc8k6

To: Mastador1; Reverend Saltine

I think of Sopwith Camels when I hear joystick, aren’t the controls in modern aircraft called yokes?

Probably a language difference thing. The pilot's name was Capt. Yu and what they originally said was "the yokes on Yu".

(j.k.)

43 posted on 02/07/2015 9:50:06 PM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)

To: Mastador1

I think of Sopwith Camels when I hear joystick, aren’t the controls in modern aircraft called yokes?

Perhaps the joystick didn't belong to the aircraft...

72 posted on 02/08/2015 6:07:50 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)

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