Sujet : Re: [OT] Languages and the metric system
De : kludge (at) *nospam* panix.com (Scott Dorsey)
Groupes : comp.os.vmsDate : 28. Aug 2024, 14:58:33
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Chris Townley <
news@cct-net.co.uk> wrote:
The aviation world is not metric.
>
In the UK we use feet for altitude, knots for speed, nautical miles for
distance, HectoPascals (millibars) for pressure, and gallons (UK or US)
or litres for fuel
Hardly metric!
Even the Airbus has engine temperatures in farenheit too. Although I was
amused to see the Antonov AN-2 had head temperatures in centigrade and
manifold pressure in mmHg.
--scott
-- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
[OT] Languages and the metric system
Re: [OT] Languages and the metric system