Wow. Don't tell me people still use miles? Nautical or otherwise?
What's wrong with the good old kilometre? Jim 2008/8/20 Mike Monett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "Jim Palfreyman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >I'm fascinated by the 320 nm flight. > > > >320 billionths of a metre is quite short distance to use a plane. > > > >I would have walked. > > > >Jim > > LOL! > > Boats and planes use nautical miles (nm). From wikipedia, one nm is > approximately one minute of latitude along any meridian. The abbreviation > nm, though conflicting with the SI symbol for the nanometre, is also in > widespread use. so you have to look at the context. > > In this example, 320 nautical miles = 368.2 miles = 592.64 kilometers. A > nice flight in good weather, but it can be a bear in IFR with known ice. > Either way, this is the way to do it: > > http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=5874208&nseq=0 > > (This was my first plane. And the best one I have ever owned!) > > Regards, > > Mike Monett > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
