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Re: Units in Navigation
From: Doug Faunt
Date: 2020 Sep 24, 17:35 -0700
From: Doug Faunt
Date: 2020 Sep 24, 17:35 -0700
Which seems to be a millibar under a proper name. I was reminded of buying Diesel in the Azores and having it billed in cubic meters, instead of kiloliters, (in Euro). Just for comparison, I later calculated the price in US dollars per gallon. best, doug On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 11:40 AM Noell Wilsonwrote: > > Gary, > I think Wikipedia put enough weasel words in to be correct. > > “hectopascal is now the standard unit used to express barometric pressures in aviation in MOST countries” (Emphasis mine) > > Regards, Noell > >