David Megginson wrote: > > Yech. (By the way, in Ontario [at least] we abbreviate "kilometers > per hour" to "clicks", i.e. "You won't average better than 70 or 80 > clicks with all the construction." I wonder if that will ever become > standard usage anywhere else.)
I'm sure I've heard about that before (and that was definitely outside Canada). I *think* it was in the cockpit of a Singapore Airlines machine somewhere between Europe, Singapore and New Zealand. > The opportunity might come, though, when general aviation converts > from pitot-static and gyro instruments and analog VHF communication to > fully digital GPS-driven instruments and digital satellite > communication. I'll guess that will happen in 10-15 years (i.e. GPS > receiver and satellite comm link will be required for flight in any > controlled airspace). Making the GPS display into the primary flight > instrument will make it much easier to switch to SI, and ATC > clearances coming digitally over a satellite link can be converted > automatically to any units. GPS won't make it to become a aviation standard (one which people trust for steering comercial planes that is). That mostly to the fact that it's too unprecise (look at it's vertical resolution and feed it to an autopilot for landing...) and that teh US military can decide which precition is aviable for everyone. But I'm sure that a satelite based system like GPS will make it. Perhaps the European Galileo. Perhaps something else. An data-link between ATC and cockpit would also increase safety as an autopilot could assume that all FL are closed unless it gets a clear via uplink. Plus other goodies CU, Christian -- The idea is to die young as late as possible. -- Ashley Montague Whoever that is/was; (c) by Douglas Adams would have been better... _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
