"Jim Palfreyman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I'm fascinated by the 320 nm flight. > >320 billionths of a metre is quite short distance to use a plane. > >I would have walked. > >Jim
LOL! Boats and planes use nautical miles (nm). From wikipedia, one nm is approximately one minute of latitude along any meridian. The abbreviation nm, though conflicting with the SI symbol for the nanometre, is also in widespread use. so you have to look at the context. In this example, 320 nautical miles = 368.2 miles = 592.64 kilometers. A nice flight in good weather, but it can be a bear in IFR with known ice. Either way, this is the way to do it: http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=5874208&nseq=0 (This was my first plane. And the best one I have ever owned!) Regards, Mike Monett _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
