On Saturday 27 February 2010 12:00:28 John M. Steele wrote: > *"Naked number" conversion: The pilot used the number 1.77 to convert > between liters and kilograms. The correct density is 0.803 kg/L. The > "naked figure" 1.77 is correctly the conversion between liters and pounds, > 1.77 lb/L.
Did the pilot ever learn the approximate densities, in metric, of common substances? Most oils have a density between 0.8 and 1.0 kg/L, so if he read 1.77 from the table, he should have known immediately that that is not kilograms per liter. Btw, was there ever a Glóin glider? Pierre -- .i toljundi do .ibabo mi'afra tu'a do .ibabo damba do .ibabo do jinga .icu'u la ma'atman.
