Manual steering column

The manual steering column, also known as a joystick or control stick, was a flight control option used aboard aircraft and some spacecraft that was capable of providing fine manual piloting control in situations where the normal helm controls were not precise enough, or in some cases, preferred by the pilot over conventional push button or touch interfaces. () 
Steering columns have been used on Earth since the earliest days of aviation, all the way up through the 22nd, 23rd, and 24th centuries in United Earth and United Federation of Planets operated spacecraft, and could be found at the ship's helm station, or in some cases, the ship captain's chair. (; ; ; ; ; )
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