Piper doors, why the passenger side?

"Nathan Young" wrote in message
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Why does Piper put the door of the plane on the passenger side? I
cannot think of one good reason. Would like to hear the group's
opinions.


Back when Piper was building only aircraft that didn't have a "passenger
side", aircraft with tandem seating, the door was on the right side because
there was throttle linkage on the left. Perhaps the door remained on the
right when side-by-side seating became the norm and the throttle was moved
to the panel simply because they had always made them that way.

Of course, that doesn't explain why the sole door is on the right side of
aircraft that didn't have that company tradition, such as the Beech Bonanza.