Or he joins the Russian, Chinese, or VN Air Forces.


-----Original Message-----
From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of
N301ES
Sent: Tuesday, 18 January 2005 8:55 AM
To: Lancair Mailing List
Subject: [LML] Re: Approach control

Posted for "Dominic V. Crain" <domcrain@pacific.net.au>:

>   Given (I assume) all our ASI's are calibrated in KNOTS, why do
people
>  insist on using MPH when describing anything related to aircraft
speed?


Pete at High Performance Aircraft Training opened the lecture Saturday
by clarifying a
few numbers, and stated "Miles per hour for cars and Marketing.  Pilots
use knots".


Seems clear enough -  until we standardize on kmph, and by then my
grandson will be too old to fly!.


Robert M. Simon,  N301ES



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