I sent the following comments to Airbus, via one of those blasted
fill-in-the box pages.
Sirs:
I have looked at some of your pages on the Airbus A340-600 and have some
observations. First of all, I am pleased to see aviation material
presented, for the most part, in metric units.
However, on page
http://www.airbus.com/media/feature_2.asp
it states
This latest design improves on the optimised Airbus widebody
cabin cross-section - recognised by travellers around the
world as the most spacious in its class. The 222-inch-wide
fuselage gives all first and business class passengers the
preferred aisle or window seat, while economy class passengers
are never more than one seat away from an aisle.
I would be amused to watch most Americans try to figure out how big a
width of 222
inches is -- even in feet! I wish you had said 5.64 m instead.
On page
http://www.airbus.com/media/feature_3.asp
it states
This view into the Rolls-Royce Trent 500 provides a detailed
look at the fan of this high bypass ratio powerplant. The
A340-600 uses only 56,000 lb. of the certified 60,000 lb.
Trent thrust - allowing a longer on-wing life for the engine.
The Trent engine is a British engine, so why is its thrust rated in lubs
and not in newtons?
The press in Europe (especially in England) misrepresents how metricated
most Americans are. We just watched the Olympics with nearly all events
reported in kilometers, meters, or centimeters -- not in feet and
inches. We run 5 km and 10 km races. Please disregard the stodgy old
guard members of American aeronautics industries. They are woefully out
of touch and out of date.
I look forward to hearing from you. In the meantime, you may wish to
peruse a web page that I provide at
http://www.metricmethods.com/metricmoments.html
regards,
James R. Frysinger
[plus the usual identifying data]
--
Metric Methods(SM) "Don't be late to metricate!"
James R. Frysinger, CAMS http://www.metricmethods.com/
10 Captiva Row e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Charleston, SC 29407 phone/FAX: 843.225.6789
