A FOKKER F28-4000 ON TKOF WITH THE FO FLYING ACFT WOULD NOT ALIGN WITH CTRLINE OF RWY DUE TO FO'S RUDDER PEDALS CONNECTED BACKWARDS.

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FO MADE THE TKOF AND WAS UNABLE TO KEEP THE ACFT ON CTRLINE (RWY). I (CAPT) TOOK CTL OF THE ACFT WELL L OF CTRLINE AND ROTATED. CTL OF FLT RETURNED TO NORMAL. THROUGH 10000 FT; WE INVESTIGATED THE PROB AND FOUND THAT THE FO'S RUDDER PEDALS WERE BACKWARDS. FLT WAS CONTINUED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THE ACFT HAD BEEN IN STORAGE FOR 4 YRS AND THE ACR HAD SENT MECHS TO DO THE CHKS NECESSARY TO PREPARE THE ACFT FOR A FERRY FLT. THE RPTR SAID A NORMAL PREFLT CHK WAS MADE PRIOR TO DEP AND EVERYTHING APPEARED NORMAL. THE RPTR SAID THAT ON TKOF ROLL THE FO COULD NOT KEEP THE ACFT ON THE CTRLINE AND THE ACFT DRIFTED TO THE R AND THE RPTR TOOK OVER THE CTLS AND CTRED THE ACFT. THE RPTR STATED THAT ABOUT 6000 FT THE FO RESUMED FLYING AND DISCOVERED WHEN PUSHING THE R PEDAL THE ACFT YAWED TO THE L. THE RPTR SAID THE RPTR THEN TOOK OVER THE FLT AS THE RUDDER CTLS WERE NORMAL ON THE CAPT'S SIDE. THE RPTR STATED MAINT FOUND THE RUDDER PEDAL CABLES WERE CONNECTED TO THE RUDDER PWR UNIT IMPROPERLY EVEN THOUGH THE CABLES WERE IDENTED WITH TAPE MARKINGS. THE RPTR STATED THIS ACFT 4 YRS EARLIER WAS IN THE PROCESS OF A 'C' CHK AT A CONTRACT MAINT FACILITY WHEN THE ACR OWNER WENT BANKRUPT. THE RPTR SAID THE ACFT WAS SOLD TO ACR B WHO IN TURN LEASED THE ACFT TO ACR Z WHO DIRECTED THE ACFT 'C' CHK BE COMPLETED AND THEN FERRIED TO LAS FOR LONG TERM STORAGE. THE RPTR STATED THE FERRY CREW COMPOSED OF A CAPT FROM ACR B AND A FO FROM ACR Z WHO FERRIED THE ACFT TO LAS. THE RPTR STATED THE CREW EXPERIENCED THE EXACT SAME SIT ON TKOF; THE FO EXPERIENCING TROUBLE ALIGNING THE ACFT ON THE RWY AND THE CAPT TAKING CTL. THE RPTR SAID THE PROB WAS NOT WRITTEN UP AS THE CAPT BELIEVED THE INEXPERIENCE OF THE FO WAS THE PROB. THE RPTR STATED THE ACR Z WHO NOW OWNS THE ACFT HAVE NO PAPERWORK TO COVER PROCS AND CHKS FOR CREWS OPERATING AN ACFT OUT OF LONG TERM STORAGE.