"John Mullen" wrote in message
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"Tarver Engineering" wrote in message
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"Paul Hirose" wrote in message
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I'm posting this to a couple newsgroups where I remember discussions
drifting off-topic into units of measure.

There's a vote going now on creating a newsgroup about the metric
system:

The metric system is off topic for aviation newsgroups.

Far from it.

Russians use metric units and Western aircraft use English units, the two
safety records speak for themselves.