Han, sir:
.....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.....
What for was Nautical Mile needed later and till now, its continued equation to 1852 m? Unless scrapped, otherwise, I would like to suggest: Nautical Kilometre to be *1/100th of ONE degree arc-angle* and define new Metre (m') =1.11194886884 m.

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From: "Michael-O" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [USMA:27199] Re: Lineal kilometres
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 19:49:13 +0200

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


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