At 12:53 PM 19/10/2012, you wrote:
On 19/10/2012, tom claffey <[email protected]> wrote:
> Aviation uses feet for height, metres for horizontal distance and knots for
> speed - deal with it!
> The teenagers I teach with the AAFC have no problems with it.
> Tom
>
The only problem with the "this is the way it's always been done"
approach is we end up with weather reports etc that are more suitable
for WW2 then 2012. If we're already mixing metric and imperial units,
what's the harm in putting a metric equivalent as well?
Cos all the aviation charts have ground elevations in feet. You
really don't want any confusion here or even the possibility of
confusion. It isn't much of a problem for VFR but IFR is a different
matter. There's a giant international system where most of the
world's aviation and certainly at the top end is done in feet for
altitude and nautical miles for distance. Horizontal distances in
meters is really bad news IMO.
Changing to kilos or litres of fuel from pounds or gallons caused at
least one major aircraft accident. Changing units is expensive and
fraught with possibilities for error. Yes, its an official stuff up.
Mike
Borgelt Instruments - design & manufacture of quality soaring
instrumentation since 1978
www.borgeltinstruments.com
tel: 07 4635 5784 overseas: int+61-7-4635 5784
mob: 042835 5784 : int+61-42835 5784
P O Box 4607, Toowoomba East, QLD 4350, Australia
_______________________________________________
Aus-soaring mailing list
[email protected]
To check or change subscription details, visit:
http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
