I've read some of the later posts on this subject, I'm impressed by the
knowledge of many of you here, it's all been explained very well. Just as
the media change meters to feet here in the US, the media elsewhere change
feet to meters when reporting stories elsewhere, so planes in Germany fly at
so and so meters. There are two regions on the planet where aircraft fly
altitude in meters, these are China and Russia and the former Soviet
republics which have tended to maintain the meter altitudes whereas Eastern
Europe has mostly reverted to feet (Flight Levels and Altitude) so that
everyone in Europe is on the same page.
My posts to USMA are still not coming thru, cannot figure out why. Hence I
reply to everyone.
Mike Payne
----- Original Message -----
From: "James R. Frysinger" <[email protected]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, 18 April 2010 19:13
Subject: [USMA:47149] Air flight altitudes in meters
My impression had been that all air flight altitudes were given and heeded
in terms of feet. But this article implies flight altitudes in meters.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/04/17/european-skies-largely-remain-fly-zone/
Jim
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