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Old July 30th 07, 05:00 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Default Whats best? Manual E6B or Electronic?

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So much for Internet translations . . .



Still fun though, and most can get the gist of it. Certainly better than 10

years ago...

And also, most do not go from a known language, to unknown, and back to known.





Fun, I agree.
It will get in the way though in a context like aviation, where words have
highly specific meanings. The attentive reader will probably understand that
speed indications in "nodes" are referring to "knots" (though a doubt may
linger) but on encountering the expression "clean speed" the reader may think
we are talking about flaps and gear positions, and not realize the article is
simply referring to TAS . . .