On 8/9/2019 6:40 AM, AS wrote:
On Friday, August 9, 2019 at 7:20:41 AM UTC-4, Martin Gregorie wrote:
On Thu, 08 Aug 2019 21:34:59 -0700, 2G wrote:

On Thursday, August 8, 2019 at 9:01:44 AM UTC-7,
wrote:
Sure, I can always go back to the whiz wheel too Isnt that the
point of technology, not to have to do the conversions?

My, my. Aren't we a bunch of techno-illiterates?

1 nm = 6076 ft 1 kt = 6076 ft/min

Err, no!

1kt is 6076 feet per hour or (for all practical purposes) 100 ft/min.

-- Martin | martin at Gregorie | gregorie dot org

Ahhh - God bless the metric system! Wait wait - let me get into my Nomex
suit first! ;-)

Uli

Bwa ha ha!!! Uli, you demonic, bomb-throwing, scum. May your next 1000K flight
be at a very slow rate of knots.

Bob - feeling my humor oats this AM - W.

P.S. Clearly both the Aera 660 and ifly720 are devil-instruments, unsuited for
the soaring world.

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