What a strange set of units...

> For the most part they are fully independent of each other,
> and so there is little incentive to change.

You say as someone who has never had to do a flightplan with a
standard winds-aloft forecast in an aircraft whose gauges are all MPH;)

On Apr 4, 1:10 am, "d&tm" <tfm...@iprimusREMOVEME.com.au> wrote:
> "Andrew Sarangan" <asaran...@> wrote in message
>
> news:1175626802.222700.89010@l77g2000hsb. ...> But they work perfectly for aviation.Very few if any incidents are
> > related to these strange combination of units. In fact, the only
> > accident I can recall is the Air Canada flight that ran out of fuel in
> > the early 80's due to the metric conversion.
>
> Correct me if I am wrong but wasnt the loss of one of NASAs Mars spaceraft
> caused by a unit error ?

Yep, NASA sent Lockheed a specification for one of the re-entry
rockets in Newtons of force, and Lockheed assumed the specification
was in pounds. The error was discovered months before the rocket was
to be used for approaching Mars orbit, and nothing could be done about
it. The spacecraft fired itself into the ground.

"Ken Finney" <kenneth.c.finney@boeing.com> wrote in message
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>
> It's fun to watch Canadian TV, where the mileage warranties on cars are
> expressed in kilometers, and they buy 4 by 8 foot sheets of 12 milimeter
> plywood.
>

Kilometerage?

I recall my first CFL broadcast out of Montreal. Play-by-play in French
just seemed so wrong.

"Gene Seibel" <gene@pad39a.com> wrote in message
news:1175628713.057028.88480@n59g2000hsh. ...
>
> Unless you are a spacecraft in which case you use feet per second for
> forward speed.
>

That would be a different subject.

"RST Engineering" <jim@rstengineering.com> wrote in message
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> Ground speed in furlongs per fortnight?
>
> Fuel consumption in hogsheads per tithi?
>
> Any more?
>
> Jim

Altitude in fathoms?

On Apr 5, 11:00 am, "Steve Foley" <steve.fo...@att.DELETE.net> wrote:
> "RST Engineering" <j...@rstengineering.com> wrote in message
>
> news:s88Rh.14$Ai3.61501@news.sisna.com...
>
> > Ground speed in furlongs per fortnight?
>
> > Fuel consumption in hogsheads per tithi?
>
> > Any more?
>
> > Jim
>
> Altitude in fathoms?

And you have to measure it with soundings. Bring your knotted
line...

"Gary" <f7768@> wrote in message
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> On Apr 5, 11:00 am, "Steve Foley" <steve.fo...@att.DELETE.net> wrote:
>> "RST Engineering" <j...@rstengineering.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:s88Rh.14$Ai3.61501@news.sisna.com...
>>
>> > Ground speed in furlongs per fortnight?
>>
>> > Fuel consumption in hogsheads per tithi?
>>
>> > Any more?
>>
>> > Jim
>>
>> Altitude in fathoms?
>
> And you have to measure it with soundings. Bring your knotted
> line...
>
>

As your co-pilot shouts over the sound of the engine:

No Bottom!!