Military planes collide while in formation because of mis judging inertia, I don't think it made any difference here. Feet or meters, it's just a number on a dial. That's what most people don't understand, it would take I flight with a meter altimeter and altitudes in meters to get used to it. As long as you have only meters. Nowadays, just push a button or select it from the menu.
Mike Payne On 30/08/2011, at 20:19 , Kilopascal wrote: > But in the Soviet era, the Lithuanians flew in metres. They may not be used > to feet or don't understand them and thus easily make mistakes. On top of > it, they have to speak English when flying. You put two difficult task > together; trying to communicate in a language you barely understand and on > top of it measurement units you have no feel for, then it is no surprise a > mishap like this occurred. > > I'm sure it will be blamed on pilot error. > > > > [USMA:51038] Re: planes collide > > John Frewen-Lord > Tue, 30 Aug 2011 06:11:52 -0700 > > Thanks for that John. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: John M. Steele > To: U.S. Metric Association ; [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 2:06 PM > Subject: Re: [USMA:51036] planes collide > > > Lithuania apparently flies in feet, as does France and NATO. > > http://www.vfrguide.com/visual-flight-rules/lithuania > > Another version of the article states two Mirage jets and a > Lithuanian > military jet were on joint patrol. I assume they were in formation, more > closely spaced than normal ATC separations and were "one big aircraft" to > ATC. > Two of the pilots failed to maintain visual separation. The Mirage was > damaged > but landed. The Lithuanian jet crashed but the pilots ejected. > > As one plane landed, I assume the damage was not extensive, but on > the > Lithuanian aircraft, was to a critical control surface, resulting in an > unflyable plane. > --- On Tue, 8/30/11, John Frewen-Lord <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: John Frewen-Lord <[email protected]> > Subject: [USMA:51036] planes collide > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 6:54 AM > > > In view of recent discussions on aircraft altitudes, I wonder if > that > may be behind this accident today, involving both Nato and Baltic state > aircraft. > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14715235 > > We'll probably never know, sadly. > > John F-L
