"Neil Gould" wrote:

Recently, posted:

So here is what happens with VNO. People like acronyms. So those who
were taught that VNO is Normal operation speed needed words that
matched VNO. For those of us who are anal retentive and yes I am one
of those people because I must follow strict interpretation of
regulations because I am required to do so, we'll always know that
VNO is Maximum structural cruising speed. Look in FAR part 1 under
definitions.

So... your response to Jose's riddle is that "it's VNO because they called
it VNO"?

I would think that the "anal retentive" response would actually supply an
answer to how that acronym was derived, since that was the question that
was asked. We all know that we just have to memorize those things that
make no logical sense. ;-)

Actually, an "anal retentive" response would recognize that VNO is not
likely an acronym at all. It might be an abbreviation or
initialization, but not very likely an acronym. But then again, only
an "anal retentive" would notice! g

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