Han Maenen wrote: > There is no reason at all for a 'nautical mile' (and no nautical > kilometer either), the GPS system makes it possible to do away with > it and to use the kilometer for all measurements of distance. Before > World War Two aircraft navigation in Mainland Europe, Latin America > and all other metric countries in that time, was metric: altitudes in > meters, speeds in km/h and distances in km. No nautical miles were > asked for before 1945. The only reason for keeping the nautical mile > is tradition, the same thing that keeps the pint alive in Britain. > I wonder what would have happened if there had been no Hitler and no > world war with its upheavals following. I think this metrogical > disaster would never have happened. > The km^1 of the archives at least does not spill over into society, > the ifp used in aircraft navigation does! > > Han >
absolutely right 110 % ACK! russia still uses meters and kilometers for aviation! bye
