Piper doors, why the passenger side?

I think it harks back to the idea that the pilot should be the first to
enter and the last to leave.

- Mark

"markjen" wrote in message
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I think it harks back to the idea that the pilot should be the first to
enter and the last to leave.


Ah, but in that case, wouldn't it have been best to have put the door at
the *back* to give the rear-seaters a chance to get out?


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"Tony Cox" writes:

Ah, but in that case, wouldn't it have been best to have put the door at
the *back* to give the rear-seaters a chance to get out?

That's why there's a baggage door.


All the best,


David

"Tony Cox" wrote in message
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Ah, but in that case, wouldn't it have been best to have put the door at
the *back* to give the rear-seaters a chance to get out?


Some Piper light aircraft did have a door at the back. The four-place
PA-16, PA-20, and PA-22 had doors on the right for the front seats and on
the left for the rear seats.