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Re: Units and area. was: gipsy moth iv
From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2006 Jul 17, 17:22 -0500
Greg, you wrote:
" I was just pointing out that nautical knots are the standard in the
industry, at least from an operations point of view."
And you're correct, of course. Red's point, that the people who communicate
with the public work in statute miles and statute miles per hour, is fairly
obvious. Of course you use the most common units when communicating with the
public-- and I don't think it addresses the point you made. Modern aviation
still uses nautical miles on a regular basis to get from point A to point B.
And after all, this list's focus is not flight attendant communication skills;
its focus is the technical art of getting from point A to point B.
-FER
42.0N 87.7W, or 41.4N 72.1W.
www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars
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From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2006 Jul 17, 17:22 -0500
Greg, you wrote:
" I was just pointing out that nautical knots are the standard in the
industry, at least from an operations point of view."
And you're correct, of course. Red's point, that the people who communicate
with the public work in statute miles and statute miles per hour, is fairly
obvious. Of course you use the most common units when communicating with the
public-- and I don't think it addresses the point you made. Modern aviation
still uses nautical miles on a regular basis to get from point A to point B.
And after all, this list's focus is not flight attendant communication skills;
its focus is the technical art of getting from point A to point B.
-FER
42.0N 87.7W, or 41.4N 72.1W.
www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars
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