Not only does the US Aerospace industry still use imperial but because most aircraft are manufactured in the US most of the rest of the world use it to (for aerospace).
Steve L 1996 Plus 8 N22 MOG On 23 June 2012 10:32, Brian Cowell <[email protected]> wrote: > Doesn't the US aircraft and aerospace industry still use imperial measure? > > Brian of SpotMog > > On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 4:15 PM, Mike Schofield > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> In the late '60s I worked at Toulouse on the Jaguar when Concorde was >> being assembled in the next hangar. Dimensions were a classic fudge; at the >> behest of the French all drawings were in metric so we ended up with, for >> example, 12,7mm or 6.35mm which of course translate to half and a quarter >> of an inch. Only on the next generation of aircraft did we go fully metric. >> regards >> Mike Schofield >> Lytham >> >> >> ------------------------------**------------- >> View posts on The Mail Archive >> http://www.mail-archive.com/**[email protected]/<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>[ >> http://www.mail-archive.com/**[email protected]/<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> >> ] >> >> Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/**member/?&id_** >> secret=7011762-bef882bf <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> >> Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com >> > > View posts on The Mail Archive > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Modify<https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;>Your Subscription > <http://www.listbox.com> > -- Steve L 1996 Plus 8 N22 MOG ------------------------------------------- View posts on The Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ [http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/] Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=22459785&id_secret=22459785-4a39ddf8 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
