X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 07:13:57 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from smtp112.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([68.142.198.211] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.9) with SMTP id 1132470 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 29 May 2006 22:23:39 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=68.142.198.211; envelope-from=elippse@sbcglobal.net Received: (qmail 14218 invoked from network); 30 May 2006 02:22:50 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO Computerroom) (elippse@sbcglobal.net@75.15.129.63 with login) by smtp112.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 30 May 2006 02:22:50 -0000 X-Original-Message-ID: <000501c6838f$f44ae9b0$3f810f4b@Computerroom> From: "Paul Lipps" X-Original-To: "Marv Kaye" Subject: knots to you X-Original-Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 19:22:46 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0002_01C68355.444A32D0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0002_01C68355.444A32D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, Dom! My car's speedo is in mph and so is my ASI. I use rulers with = feet and inches; they are the measures that make the most sense to my = mind. Those I can picture, with the others I have to make a mental = conversion into the ones I know. I think it was totally stupid to start = using knots for measuring speed. It had nothing to do with what people = in this country used on a day-to-day basis. Our vehicles we use for our = transportation are in mph or kph; if it exists, I've never seen a car = speedo calibrated in knots! The planes I started on were in my old = comfortable mph. I know the conversions to knots, ft/sec, km, cm, mm, = hp, torque, BTU, joules, rad/sec, UTC, UT1, sidereal rate, F number, = etc, etc, etc! But when I fly, I want to concentrate on the familiar, = not "Let's see, 1.151 statute miles/nautical mile." If you're trained on = nautical miles per hour, and that's what you are comfortable with, then = by all means use it. But since we have so many different measuring = systems in use around the world, it seems to me it would behoove anyone = who wants to progress in aeronautical knowledge to become familiar with = the conversion factors. ------=_NextPart_000_0002_01C68355.444A32D0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hi, Dom! My car's speedo is in mph and so is my = ASI. I use=20 rulers with feet and inches; they are the measures that make the most = sense to=20 my mind. Those I can picture, with the others I have to make a mental = conversion=20 into the ones I know. I think it was totally stupid to start using knots = for=20 measuring speed. It had nothing to do with what people in this country = used on a=20 day-to-day basis. Our vehicles we use for our transportation are in mph = or kph;=20 if it exists, I've never seen a car speedo calibrated in knots! The = planes=20 I started on were in my old comfortable mph. I know the conversions to = knots,=20 ft/sec, km, cm, mm, hp, torque, BTU, joules, rad/sec, UTC, UT1, = sidereal=20 rate, F number, etc, etc, etc! But when I fly, I want to concentrate on = the=20 familiar, not "Let's see, 1.151 statute miles/nautical mile." If you're = trained=20 on nautical miles per hour, and that's what you are comfortable with, = then by=20 all means use it. But since we have so many different measuring systems = in use=20 around the world, it seems to me it would behoove anyone who wants to = progress=20 in aeronautical knowledge to become familiar with the conversion = factors.=20

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