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They could change if they needed to. Their military talks about 'klicks'
for kilometres, due, I assume, to their propensity for joining other
armies for foreign expeditions.


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They could change if they needed to. Their military talks about
'klicks' for kilometres, due, I assume, to their propensity for
joining other armies for foreign expeditions.

Nope, it isnt for that reason.


I would have thought that it's because they want a one-syllable word
(like "mile") that begins with k for kilometre.


But that doesnt explain why they changed from miles to km.

Is that the reason,


No.

or is there another one?


yep. The military standardised on kilometers because NATO did that.


And NATO includes a lot of countries that use the metric system. And
goes on foreign expeditions. So I was right.

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They could change if they needed to. Their military talks about
'klicks' for kilometres, due, I assume, to their propensity for
joining other armies for foreign expeditions.

Nope, it isnt for that reason.

I would have thought that it's because they want a one-syllable word
(like "mile") that begins with k for kilometre.


But that doesnt explain why they changed from miles to km.

Is that the reason,


No.

or is there another one?


yep. The military standardised on kilometers because NATO did that.


And NATO includes a lot of countries that use the metric system. And goes
on foreign expeditions.


It hadn't gone on any at the time it went to kilometres.

So I was right.


Nope, wrong, as always.

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yep. The military standardised on kilometers because NATO did that.


And NATO includes a lot of countries that use the metric system. And goes
on foreign expeditions.


It hadn't gone on any at the time it went to kilometres.

So I was right.


Nope, wrong, as always.


OK. So what is the real reason that "the military" (in which country -
worldwide?) adopted the metric system?

Is it related to the fact that (UK) Ordnance Survey maps (originally linked
to the British army) adopted a National Grid that used kilometre (rather
than mile) squares measured from some datum off south-west England - even
for its imperial-scale 1-inch and 6-inch maps, long before OS changed to
1:50,000, 1:25,000 etc maps (2 cm = 1 km).

Is there some common factor that caused both military and OS (and NATO) to
use kilometres?

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yep. The military standardised on kilometers because NATO did that.

And NATO includes a lot of countries that use the metric system. And
goes on foreign expeditions.


It hadn't gone on any at the time it went to kilometres.

So I was right.


Nope, wrong, as always.


OK. So what is the real reason that "the military" (in which country -
worldwide?) adopted the metric system?


As I said, so NATO worked better. That was the reason for
standardising on other stuff like ammo too, for the same reason.

Is it related to the fact that (UK) Ordnance Survey maps (originally
linked to the British army) adopted a National Grid that used kilometre
(rather than mile) squares measured from some datum off south-west
England - even for its imperial-scale 1-inch and 6-inch maps, long before
OS changed to 1:50,000, 1:25,000 etc maps (2 cm = 1 km).


Partly.

Is there some common factor that caused both military and OS (and NATO) to
use kilometres?


Forget the detail there.





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I think the decimetre gets used quite a lot, at least in France. We
don't seem to use it at all.


The Range sells net curtains by the decimetre, but they don't brag
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On Friday, 18 January 2019 12:58:35 UTC, Bob Martin wrote:


I'm amazed to find myself agreeing with Rod Speed, but he's right.
Flight levels are in feet, it's an aviation standard & won't be changed.

But he;s wrong about the reason.
The american won't change and that's that, NASA had to even thopugh they
are american. They won't give up their feet any more than their guns.


They could change if they needed to. Their military talks about 'klicks'
for kilometres, due, I assume, to their propensity for joining other
armies for foreign expeditions.


Nope, it isnt for that reason.


Give yourself an education.

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On Saturday, 19 January 2019 02:59:40 UTC, Rod Speed wrote:
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On 18/01/2019 15:37, whisky-dave wrote:
On Friday, 18 January 2019 12:58:35 UTC, Bob Martin wrote:

I'm amazed to find myself agreeing with Rod Speed, but he's right.
Flight levels are in feet, it's an aviation standard & won't be
changed.

But he;s wrong about the reason.
The american won't change and that's that, NASA had to even thopugh
they
are american. They won't give up their feet any more than their guns.

They could change if they needed to. Their military talks about
'klicks'
for kilometres, due, I assume, to their propensity for joining other
armies for foreign expeditions.


Nope, it isnt for that reason.


Give yourself an education.

https://english.stackexchange.com/qu...military-slang


That says what I said, ****wit.

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On 18/01/2019 15:37, whisky-dave wrote:
On Friday, 18 January 2019 12:58:35 UTC, Bob Martin wrote:

I'm amazed to find myself agreeing with Rod Speed, but he's right.
Flight levels are in feet, it's an aviation standard & won't be
changed.

But he;s wrong about the reason.
The american won't change and that's that, NASA had to even thopugh
they
are american. They won't give up their feet any more than their guns.

They could change if they needed to. Their military talks about
'klicks'
for kilometres, due, I assume, to their propensity for joining other
armies for foreign expeditions.

Nope, it isnt for that reason.


Give yourself an education.

https://english.stackexchange.com/qu...military-slang


That says what I said, ****wit.


It proves the USA is going metric, and one day aircraft heights may well also be measured in klicks rather than miles.

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On Sunday, January 20, 2019 at 6:23:59 PM UTC, Max Demian wrote:
On 13/01/2019 12:35, Roger Hayter wrote:

I think the decimetre gets used quite a lot, at least in France. We
don't seem to use it at all.


The Range sells net curtains by the decimetre, but they don't brag
about it.

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Most fabrics are sold (retail) in multiples of 10cm, FWIW. I don't often see it
referred to as a decimetre though


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On Monday, 21 January 2019 13:08:08 UTC, Rod Speed wrote:
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On 18/01/2019 15:37, whisky-dave wrote:
On Friday, 18 January 2019 12:58:35 UTC, Bob Martin wrote:

I'm amazed to find myself agreeing with Rod Speed, but he's right.
Flight levels are in feet, it's an aviation standard & won't be
changed.

But he;s wrong about the reason.
The american won't change and that's that, NASA had to even thopugh
they
are american. They won't give up their feet any more than their
guns.

They could change if they needed to. Their military talks about
'klicks'
for kilometres, due, I assume, to their propensity for joining other
armies for foreign expeditions.

Nope, it isnt for that reason.

Give yourself an education.

https://english.stackexchange.com/qu...military-slang


That says what I said, ****wit.


It proves the USA is going metric,


The USA has always used the metric system in science in modern
times and that doesnt mean that the USA is going metric either.

and one day aircraft heights may well also be measured in klicks rather
than miles.


Not a chance, because the flight level system works fine
and there is nothing to be gained by it going metric
because the flight level system has much neater numbers
and more flight levels than doing it metric would do.

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On Sunday, January 20, 2019 at 6:23:59 PM UTC, Max Demian wrote:
On 13/01/2019 12:35, Roger Hayter wrote:

I think the decimetre gets used quite a lot, at least in France. We
don't seem to use it at all.


The Range sells net curtains by the decimetre, but they don't brag
about it.

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Most fabrics are sold (retail) in multiples of 10cm, FWIW. I don't often
see it
referred to as a decimetre though


No, it is convention to use powers of 1000 - so:

1/1,000,000
1/1000
1
1000
1,000,000


That's why modern rev counters are calibrated as 1, 2, 3 x1000 rpm rather
than the older standard of 10, 20, 30 x100 rpm. (Coupled with that, having
two gauges calibrated 10, 20, 30 - 80 is ripe for confusion.)

So 10 cm rather than 1 dm.

100 m rather than 1 hm.

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On Sunday, January 20, 2019 at 6:23:59 PM UTC, Max Demian wrote:
On 13/01/2019 12:35, Roger Hayter wrote:

I think the decimetre gets used quite a lot, at least in France. We
don't seem to use it at all.

The Range sells net curtains by the decimetre, but they don't brag
about it.

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Max Demian


Most fabrics are sold (retail) in multiples of 10cm, FWIW. I don't often
see it
referred to as a decimetre though


No, it is convention to use powers of 1000 - so:

1/1,000,000
1/1000
1
1000
1,000,000


That's why modern rev counters are calibrated as 1, 2, 3 x1000 rpm rather
than the older standard of 10, 20, 30 x100 rpm. (Coupled with that, having
two gauges calibrated 10, 20, 30 - 80 is ripe for confusion.)

So 10 cm rather than 1 dm.

100 m rather than 1 hm.


That convention certainly applies to science and engineering. And,
generally, in the UK we stick to it. But then we use cm rather than mm
very frequently (and make frequent errors in the conversion - see about
1 in 4 Amazon specs) and the French use dm as well as cm and mm. So
the convention does not seem to apply to daily life. We don't use dm
much, though. But we are much more likely to use tens or hundreds of cm
rather than 100s or 1000s of mm.

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That convention certainly applies to science and engineering. And,
generally, in the UK we stick to it. But then we use cm rather than mm
very frequently (and make frequent errors in the conversion - see about
1 in 4 Amazon specs) and the French use dm as well as cm and mm. So
the convention does not seem to apply to daily life. We don't use dm
much, though. But we are much more likely to use tens or hundreds of cm
rather than 100s or 1000s of mm.


The exception to this rule of "1 - 999.999 x 10^(multiple of 3)" is the
gauge of railway tracks which is always specified as 1435 mm rather than
1.435 m (assuming it's not referred to as 4 ft 8 1/2"). Presumably the
over-riding principle is to avoid the need for a decimal point. There may be
other examples in civil engineering where this is done.

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On 21/01/2019 16:50, jkn wrote:
On Sunday, January 20, 2019 at 6:23:59 PM UTC, Max Demian wrote:
On 13/01/2019 12:35, Roger Hayter wrote:

I think the decimetre gets used quite a lot, at least in France. We
don't seem to use it at all.


The Range sells net curtains by the decimetre, but they don't brag
about it.


Most fabrics are sold (retail) in multiples of 10cm, FWIW. I don't often see it
referred to as a decimetre though


The only place you used to see a decimetre was old wooden 12" rulers,
where the metric side had a third of the length in mm, a third in cm,
and the rest just one decimetre - I suppose to teach kids the
difference. The only use for the decimetre part was to write your name. g

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On 18/01/2019 15:37, whisky-dave wrote:
On Friday, 18 January 2019 12:58:35 UTC, Bob Martin wrote:

I'm amazed to find myself agreeing with Rod Speed, but he's right.
Flight levels are in feet, it's an aviation standard & won't be
changed.

But he;s wrong about the reason.
The american won't change and that's that, NASA had to even thopugh
they
are american. They won't give up their feet any more than their
guns.

They could change if they needed to. Their military talks about
'klicks'
for kilometres, due, I assume, to their propensity for joining other
armies for foreign expeditions.

Nope, it isnt for that reason.

Give yourself an education.

https://english.stackexchange.com/qu...military-slang

That says what I said, ****wit.


It proves the USA is going metric,


The USA has always used the metric system in science in modern
times and that doesnt mean that the USA is going metric either.


No it hasn't it NASA only changed in about 1990 to metric.

https://www.space.com/3332-nasa-finally-metric.html

When NASA returns astronauts to the Moon, the mission will be measured kilometers, not miles.

That implies they used miles during the Apollo missions. On board calculations used metric but teh atronauts wanted imperial on the displays including pounds of thrust and miles or feet per second.




and one day aircraft heights may well also be measured in klicks rather
than miles.


Not a chance, because the flight level system works fine
and there is nothing to be gained by it going metric
because the flight level system has much neater numbers
and more flight levels than doing it metric would do.


Irrelivant you can have the same number of steps and yuo can call them anything you like.



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On 22/01/2019 11:19, whisky-dave wrote:
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On 18/01/2019 15:37, whisky-dave wrote:
On Friday, 18 January 2019 12:58:35 UTC, Bob Martin wrote:

I'm amazed to find myself agreeing with Rod Speed, but he's right.
Flight levels are in feet, it's an aviation standard & won't be
changed.

But he;s wrong about the reason.
The american won't change and that's that, NASA had to even thopugh
they
are american. They won't give up their feet any more than their
guns.

They could change if they needed to. Their military talks about
'klicks'
for kilometres, due, I assume, to their propensity for joining other
armies for foreign expeditions.

Nope, it isnt for that reason.

Give yourself an education.

https://english.stackexchange.com/qu...military-slang

That says what I said, ****wit.

It proves the USA is going metric,


The USA has always used the metric system in science in modern
times and that doesnt mean that the USA is going metric either.


No it hasn't it NASA only changed in about 1990 to metric.

https://www.space.com/3332-nasa-finally-metric.html

When NASA returns astronauts to the Moon, the mission will be measured kilometers, not miles.

That implies they used miles during the Apollo missions. On board calculations used metric but teh atronauts wanted imperial on the displays including pounds of thrust and miles or feet per second.




and one day aircraft heights may well also be measured in klicks rather
than miles.


Not a chance, because the flight level system works fine
and there is nothing to be gained by it going metric
because the flight level system has much neater numbers
and more flight levels than doing it metric would do.


Irrelivant you can have the same number of steps and yuo can call them anything you like.


But end up with (as the closest equivalent) 9900m, 10200m, 10500m,
10800m, which I would consider to be more prone to error than simple
round, 1000s, which are certainly far easier to determine the odd and
even levels for crossing aircraft in different directions.

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On 18/01/2019 15:37, whisky-dave wrote:
On Friday, 18 January 2019 12:58:35 UTC, Bob Martin wrote:

I'm amazed to find myself agreeing with Rod Speed, but he's right.
Flight levels are in feet, it's an aviation standard & won't be
changed.

But he;s wrong about the reason.
The american won't change and that's that, NASA had to even thopugh
they
are american. They won't give up their feet any more than their
guns.

They could change if they needed to. Their military talks about
'klicks'
for kilometres, due, I assume, to their propensity for joining other
armies for foreign expeditions.

Nope, it isnt for that reason.

Give yourself an education.

https://english.stackexchange.com/qu...military-slang

That says what I said, ****wit.

It proves the USA is going metric,

The USA has always used the metric system in science in modern
times and that doesnt mean that the USA is going metric either.

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On Monday, 21 January 2019 13:08:08 UTC, Rod Speed wrote:
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On Saturday, 19 January 2019 02:59:40 UTC, Rod Speed wrote:
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On 18/01/2019 15:37, whisky-dave wrote:
On Friday, 18 January 2019 12:58:35 UTC, Bob Martin wrote:

I'm amazed to find myself agreeing with Rod Speed, but he's
right.
Flight levels are in feet, it's an aviation standard & won't be
changed.

But he;s wrong about the reason.
The american won't change and that's that, NASA had to even
thopugh
they
are american. They won't give up their feet any more than their
guns.

They could change if they needed to. Their military talks about
'klicks'
for kilometres, due, I assume, to their propensity for joining
other
armies for foreign expeditions.

Nope, it isnt for that reason.

Give yourself an education.

https://english.stackexchange.com/qu...military-slang

That says what I said, ****wit.

It proves the USA is going metric,


The USA has always used the metric system in science in modern
times and that doesnt mean that the USA is going metric either.


No it hasn't it NASA only changed in about 1990 to metric.


NASA isnt science, its engineering.

https://www.space.com/3332-nasa-finally-metric.html


When NASA returns astronauts to the Moon, the mission will be measured
kilometers, not miles.


That implies they used miles during the Apollo missions.
On board calculations used metric but teh atronauts
wanted imperial on the displays including pounds
of thrust and miles or feet per second.


and one day aircraft heights may well also
be measured in klicks rather than miles.


Not a chance, because the flight level system works fine
and there is nothing to be gained by it going metric
because the flight level system has much neater numbers
and more flight levels than doing it metric would do.


Irrelivant you can have the same number of steps


No you can't with the same nice tidy number describing them.

and yuo can call them anything you like.


But some names like flight level 320 and 325
are much easier to remember than others.

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On 18/01/2019 15:37, whisky-dave wrote:
On Friday, 18 January 2019 12:58:35 UTC, Bob Martin wrote:

I'm amazed to find myself agreeing with Rod Speed, but he's
right.
Flight levels are in feet, it's an aviation standard & won't be
changed.

But he;s wrong about the reason.
The american won't change and that's that, NASA had to even
thopugh
they
are american. They won't give up their feet any more than their
guns.

They could change if they needed to. Their military talks about
'klicks'
for kilometres, due, I assume, to their propensity for joining
other
armies for foreign expeditions.

Nope, it isnt for that reason.

Give yourself an education.

https://english.stackexchange.com/qu...military-slang

That says what I said, ****wit.

It proves the USA is going metric,

The USA has always used the metric system in science in modern
times and that doesnt mean that the USA is going metric either.



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On 18/01/2019 15:37, whisky-dave wrote:
On Friday, 18 January 2019 12:58:35 UTC, Bob Martin wrote:

I'm amazed to find myself agreeing with Rod Speed, but he's
right.
Flight levels are in feet, it's an aviation standard & won't be
changed.

But he;s wrong about the reason.
The american won't change and that's that, NASA had to even
thopugh
they
are american. They won't give up their feet any more than their
guns.

They could change if they needed to. Their military talks about
'klicks'
for kilometres, due, I assume, to their propensity for joining
other
armies for foreign expeditions.

Nope, it isnt for that reason.

Give yourself an education.

https://english.stackexchange.com/qu...military-slang

That says what I said, ****wit.

It proves the USA is going metric,

The USA has always used the metric system in science in modern
times and that doesnt mean that the USA is going metric either.

No it hasn't it NASA only changed in about 1990 to metric.

https://www.space.com/3332-nasa-finally-metric.html

When NASA returns astronauts to the Moon, the mission will be measured
kilometers, not miles.

That implies they used miles during the Apollo missions. On board
calculations used metric but teh atronauts wanted imperial on the
displays including pounds of thrust and miles or feet per second.




and one day aircraft heights may well also be measured in klicks
rather
than miles.

Not a chance, because the flight level system works fine
and there is nothing to be gained by it going metric
because the flight level system has much neater numbers
and more flight levels than doing it metric would do.

Irrelivant you can have the same number of steps and yuo can call them
anything you like.


But end up with (as the closest equivalent) 9900m, 10200m, 10500m,
10800m, which I would consider to be more prone to error


They manage it with other things,


Not where safety is so important.

and they could change the flight levels like they can change anything.


But arent that stupid. Only you are.

They could just as easily go 9K9, 10K, 10k1, 10k2,


Nothing like as safe as flight level 320, 325 with the odds
for planes flying in one direction and the evens for the other.

than simple round, 1000s,


That's what metric is.


But metric feet gives more levels while keeping the number simple.

which are certainly far easier to determine the odd and
even levels for crossing aircraft in different directions.


Doesn't matter you could measure it in kebabs or any unit of measurement.


But feet instead of meters gives more levels with nice tidy numbers.

Fortunately no one will ever be silly enough
to ask you how flight levels should be done.

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On Tuesday, 22 January 2019 16:16:58 UTC, Rod Speed wrote:
"whisky-dave" wrote in message
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On Tuesday, 22 January 2019 13:08:10 UTC, Steve Walker wrote:
On 22/01/2019 11:19, whisky-dave wrote:
On Monday, 21 January 2019 17:14:11 UTC, Rod Speed wrote:
"whisky-dave" wrote in message
...
On Monday, 21 January 2019 13:08:08 UTC, Rod Speed wrote:
"whisky-dave" wrote in message
...
On Saturday, 19 January 2019 02:59:40 UTC, Rod Speed wrote:
"Max Demian" wrote in message
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On 18/01/2019 15:37, whisky-dave wrote:
On Friday, 18 January 2019 12:58:35 UTC, Bob Martin wrote:

I'm amazed to find myself agreeing with Rod Speed, but he's
right.
Flight levels are in feet, it's an aviation standard & won't be
changed.

But he;s wrong about the reason.
The american won't change and that's that, NASA had to even
thopugh
they
are american. They won't give up their feet any more than their
guns.

They could change if they needed to. Their military talks about
'klicks'
for kilometres, due, I assume, to their propensity for joining
other
armies for foreign expeditions.

Nope, it isnt for that reason.

Give yourself an education.

https://english.stackexchange.com/qu...military-slang

That says what I said, ****wit.

It proves the USA is going metric,

The USA has always used the metric system in science in modern
times and that doesnt mean that the USA is going metric either.

No it hasn't it NASA only changed in about 1990 to metric.

https://www.space.com/3332-nasa-finally-metric.html

When NASA returns astronauts to the Moon, the mission will be measured
kilometers, not miles.

That implies they used miles during the Apollo missions. On board
calculations used metric but teh atronauts wanted imperial on the
displays including pounds of thrust and miles or feet per second.




and one day aircraft heights may well also be measured in klicks
rather
than miles.

Not a chance, because the flight level system works fine
and there is nothing to be gained by it going metric
because the flight level system has much neater numbers
and more flight levels than doing it metric would do.

Irrelivant you can have the same number of steps and yuo can call them
anything you like.

But end up with (as the closest equivalent) 9900m, 10200m, 10500m,
10800m, which I would consider to be more prone to error


They manage it with other things,


Not where safety is so important.


Like the width of the seats yuo mean they wonlt change those iether.

http://www.traveller.com.au/everyone...imetres-gmbjp7

It's a reflection of the behemoth that is US aviation, and the US still thinks and measures in feet and inches.

Besides the US, the only countries that still use imperial measurements are Myanmar, Liberia and for just a few purposes, Britain.

Australia has used metric measurements since 1970.

You clueless ****ers don;t care anything about safety then.

Another incongruity €“ as well as seat pitch, the seat-back screens on aircraft are also commonly expressed in inches, just like the screens on most satnav devices and iPhones.

So phone and TV sizes are still expressed in inches because of safety and flight levelas are they ?







and they could change the flight levels like they can change anything.


But arent that stupid. Only you are.

They could just as easily go 9K9, 10K, 10k1, 10k2,


Nothing like as safe as flight level 320, 325 with the odds


It's nothing to do with that.



Fortunately no one will ever be silly enough
to ask you how flight levels should be done.


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On Tuesday, 22 January 2019 16:16:58 UTC, Rod Speed wrote:
"whisky-dave" wrote in message
...
On Tuesday, 22 January 2019 13:08:10 UTC, Steve Walker wrote:
On 22/01/2019 11:19, whisky-dave wrote:
On Monday, 21 January 2019 17:14:11 UTC, Rod Speed wrote:
"whisky-dave" wrote in message
...
On Monday, 21 January 2019 13:08:08 UTC, Rod Speed wrote:
"whisky-dave" wrote in message
...
On Saturday, 19 January 2019 02:59:40 UTC, Rod Speed wrote:
"Max Demian" wrote in message
o.uk...
On 18/01/2019 15:37, whisky-dave wrote:
On Friday, 18 January 2019 12:58:35 UTC, Bob Martin wrote:

I'm amazed to find myself agreeing with Rod Speed, but he's
right.
Flight levels are in feet, it's an aviation standard & won't
be
changed.

But he;s wrong about the reason.
The american won't change and that's that, NASA had to even
thopugh
they
are american. They won't give up their feet any more than
their
guns.

They could change if they needed to. Their military talks
about
'klicks'
for kilometres, due, I assume, to their propensity for joining
other
armies for foreign expeditions.

Nope, it isnt for that reason.

Give yourself an education.

https://english.stackexchange.com/qu...military-slang

That says what I said, ****wit.

It proves the USA is going metric,

The USA has always used the metric system in science in modern
times and that doesnt mean that the USA is going metric either.

No it hasn't it NASA only changed in about 1990 to metric.

https://www.space.com/3332-nasa-finally-metric.html

When NASA returns astronauts to the Moon, the mission will be
measured
kilometers, not miles.

That implies they used miles during the Apollo missions. On board
calculations used metric but teh atronauts wanted imperial on the
displays including pounds of thrust and miles or feet per second.




and one day aircraft heights may well also be measured in klicks
rather
than miles.

Not a chance, because the flight level system works fine
and there is nothing to be gained by it going metric
because the flight level system has much neater numbers
and more flight levels than doing it metric would do.

Irrelivant you can have the same number of steps and yuo can call
them
anything you like.

But end up with (as the closest equivalent) 9900m, 10200m, 10500m,
10800m, which I would consider to be more prone to error


They manage it with other things,


Not where safety is so important.


Like the width of the seats yuo mean they wonlt change those iether.


When this **** is the best you can manage, I'll be flushing your **** where
it belongs.


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On Tuesday, 22 January 2019 18:39:52 UTC, Rod Speed wrote:
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On Tuesday, 22 January 2019 16:16:58 UTC, Rod Speed wrote:
"whisky-dave" wrote in message
...
On Tuesday, 22 January 2019 13:08:10 UTC, Steve Walker wrote:
On 22/01/2019 11:19, whisky-dave wrote:
On Monday, 21 January 2019 17:14:11 UTC, Rod Speed wrote:
"whisky-dave" wrote in message
...
On Monday, 21 January 2019 13:08:08 UTC, Rod Speed wrote:
"whisky-dave" wrote in message
...
On Saturday, 19 January 2019 02:59:40 UTC, Rod Speed wrote:
"Max Demian" wrote in message
o.uk...
On 18/01/2019 15:37, whisky-dave wrote:
On Friday, 18 January 2019 12:58:35 UTC, Bob Martin wrote:

I'm amazed to find myself agreeing with Rod Speed, but he's
right.
Flight levels are in feet, it's an aviation standard & won't
be
changed.

But he;s wrong about the reason.
The american won't change and that's that, NASA had to even
thopugh
they
are american. They won't give up their feet any more than
their
guns.

They could change if they needed to. Their military talks
about
'klicks'
for kilometres, due, I assume, to their propensity for joining
other
armies for foreign expeditions.

Nope, it isnt for that reason.

Give yourself an education.

https://english.stackexchange.com/qu...military-slang

That says what I said, ****wit.

It proves the USA is going metric,

The USA has always used the metric system in science in modern
times and that doesnt mean that the USA is going metric either.

No it hasn't it NASA only changed in about 1990 to metric.

https://www.space.com/3332-nasa-finally-metric.html

When NASA returns astronauts to the Moon, the mission will be
measured
kilometers, not miles.

That implies they used miles during the Apollo missions. On board
calculations used metric but teh atronauts wanted imperial on the
displays including pounds of thrust and miles or feet per second.




and one day aircraft heights may well also be measured in klicks
rather
than miles.

Not a chance, because the flight level system works fine
and there is nothing to be gained by it going metric
because the flight level system has much neater numbers
and more flight levels than doing it metric would do.

Irrelivant you can have the same number of steps and yuo can call
them
anything you like.

But end up with (as the closest equivalent) 9900m, 10200m, 10500m,
10800m, which I would consider to be more prone to error

They manage it with other things,

Not where safety is so important.


Like the width of the seats yuo mean they wonlt change those iether.


When this **** is the best you can manage, I'll be flushing your **** where
it belongs.


So you're still going to claim that phones screens are measured in inches because of flight levels. ?
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