BTW, a nautical mile (6080 feet) is also one minute of arc of latitude - on
land, on water, on ice, in the air, wherever. A statute mile, of course, is
5280 feet.
Because the definition of a "knot" is one nautical mile per hour, it is not
necessary to repeat "mph" when speaking of knots.
Wilton
----- Original Message -----
From: "WILTON" <wilt...@nc.rr.com>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Friday, June 03, 2011 5:09 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] speed
Like I said, a knot is one nautical mile (6080 feet) per hour.
Wilton
----- Original Message -----
From: <relng...@aol.com>
To: <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Friday, June 03, 2011 3:45 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] speed
...This report raises another question for me: Why are we flying
commercial aircraft carrying passengers with a 9 kph safety margin at
altitude?..
Knots are knots, never knots per hour.
The autopilot is always used, not hand flying it.
RLE
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