V Speeds

VNO means maximum structural cruising speed.

Thanks... now riddle me this. Why do they call it VNO and not VSC? The
others have initials that recall their definitions, why not this?

Jose
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There are a lot of things in aviation that go against our normal
instincts or reactions. Like when you first performed an emergency
procedure your instructor reduced the power to idle. I bet your first
reaction was to lower the nose. Now you know to trade potential engergy
for kinetic and raise the nose, climb to bleed the airspeed off to
catch your best glide speed. Its a trade off.

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.

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. ;-)

Neil

"Neil Gould" wrote in message
m...
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. ;-)

If there is no practical explanation, then it could be argued that it's just
"trivia."

Marco



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"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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wrote:
...I bet your first
reaction was to lower the nose. Now you know to trade potential engergy
for kinetic and raise the nose, climb to bleed the airspeed off to
catch your best glide speed. Its a trade off.

You mean trade kinetic energy for potential.

-R

(Just being anal retentive.)