(I included the introduction of the article and the relevant metric
question)
Phil
The Future of Aviation
Airbus is a global leader in the manufacture of large commercial aircraft.
Airbus also is the largest export customer for American aerospace companies,
purchasing annually more than $5 billion in aircraft components from the U.S.
The company is building the double-deck, 555-passenger A380 -- the most
advanced commercial aircraft ever. Taking flight in 2005 with the best
technology from America and around the world, the A380 will set new standards
for passenger comfort and safety.
LIVE from
the Farnborough (England) International Air Show, Chairman of
Airbus North America, Allan McArtor, was online to discuss Airbus, the A380,
and the latest news from the aviation world.
Allan
McArtor, Chairman of Airbus North America since June
2001, oversees U.S. and Canadian activities of the aircraft manufacturer. Prior
to heading Airbus North America, McArtor founded Legend Airlines of Dallas,
Texas; was a senior operations executive at Federal Express for 13 years; and
was Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (1987-1989). McArtor
is a U.S. Air Force Academy graduate, was a highly decorated Vietnam combat
fighter pilot, and a USAF Thunderbird pilot.
The
transcript follows.
Minneapolis, Minn.: Will air traffic control ever be done in
metric terms (i.e., kilometers rather than feet and miles)? Is there any
advantage or disadvantage to either system? I wonder if citizens from countries
with the metric system have trouble with this.
Allan McArtor: At some point, the world
will standardize its measurement systems including aviation. However, up until
now, the difference has not caused any significant safety problems.
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Of H. Maenen
Sent: Monday, August
02, 2004 8:28 AM
To: U.S. Metric Association
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [USMA:30604] Re: Metric
aviation, from the head of Airbus North America
It is not possible to click this link anymore.
Does anyone know what was said about metric aviation?
Han
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Message date : 02-08-2004 11:26
>From : "MightyChimp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To : "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Copy to :
Subject : [USMA:30603] Re: Metric aviation, from the head of Airbus North
America
It is better to use Rich-text or HTML to have links that don't break.
Euric
----- Original Message -----
From: "David King" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, 2004-08-01 18:59
Subject: [USMA:30597] Re: Metric aviation, from the head of Airbus North
America
> For long URLs, it is often better to make a short one, using
> http://tinyurl.com and then you something like
> http://tinyurl.com/4xqnr
> which takes you to the site linked to below, but avoids the problem of
> the link being so long it breaks up before the end of the line.
>
> David King
> *
> *
> Carleton MacDonald wrote:
>
> >This link is from a recent discussion on www.washingtonpost.com -- the
> >metric reference is a little more than halfway down.
> >
> >Carleton
> >
>
>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/liveonline/advertisers/viewpoint_airbu
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> >072004.htm?nav=vpbox
> >
> >
> >
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