Tony Peden writes: > One could apply a similar argument to a vane; it doesn't change the > fact that the air is flowing the other way ( and that may well be > why the aviation convention is "from" )
And here in the northern hemisphere when you refer to a 'north wind' you are usually talking about something cold, as in coming from the north. > > Yes. > > That's been suggested as the differentiator between engineers and > > scientists and formed the basis for many many jokes at each > > others' expense. The jokes I know are between engineers and mathematicians. Curt. -- Curtis Olson IVLab / HumanFIRST Program FlightGear Project Twin Cities [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minnesota http://www.menet.umn.edu/~curt http://www.flightgear.org _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
