metric system newsgroup call for votes #1

"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.

"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.

John

"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.

In article ,
Tarver Engineering wrote:

Russians use metric units and Western aircraft use English units,

Are you *absolutely* sure about this?

--
Göran Larsson http://www.mitt-eget.com/

"Goran Larsson" wrote in message
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In article ,
Tarver Engineering wrote:

Russians use metric units and Western aircraft use English units,

Are you *absolutely* sure about this?

We sold a good number of metric altitude repeaters for Corporate operation
in Eastern European airspace prior to the latest change. The air traffic
control system was only capable of producing altitude assignments in meters.

There are of course simple calculators availble for those clinging to the
metric slide rule reality.

Tarver Engineering wrote:
John Mullen wrote:
Tarver Engineering wrote:
Paul Hirose wrote:

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.

That's an interesting notion in view of the origin of the term
"Gimli Glider" ...

"Robert Briggs" wrote in message
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Tarver Engineering wrote:
John Mullen wrote:
Tarver Engineering wrote:
Paul Hirose wrote:

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.

That's an interesting notion in view of the origin of the term
"Gimli Glider" ...

Canadian socialists persueing a metric agenda made a change that added a
branch to the failure tree. Without that arbitrary change there was no
Gimli Glider.

Robert Briggs wrote:

Tarver Engineering wrote:
John Mullen wrote:
Tarver Engineering wrote:
Paul Hirose wrote:

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.

That's an interesting notion in view of the origin of the term
"Gimli Glider" ...

....and the 'Mars lander' was it?...
--

-Gord.

On Thu, 6 Nov 2003 08:29:11 -0800, "Tarver Engineering"
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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.

Certainly not.

Even if the new newsgroup was formed, we'll still have to keep posting
about it here to keep John Tarver straight.

I'm surprised you aren't pushing hard to get people to vote for this
new group.



Gene Nygaard
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Gene_Nygaard/

"Gene Nygaard" wrote in message
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On Thu, 6 Nov 2003 08:29:11 -0800, "Tarver Engineering"
wrote:


"Paul Hirose" wrote in message
...
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.

Certainly not.

Even if the new newsgroup was formed, we'll still have to keep posting
about it here to keep John Tarver straight.

I'm surprised you aren't pushing hard to get people to vote for this
new group.

I have already done my part, through Congressman Klinger, to kill off
communisms units of measure, in the public square.