tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post3719288430996505616..comments2024-03-13T09:47:40.487+00:00Comments on Cockpit Conversation: Bushels of Icing CertificationAviatrixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-21226384939948528292014-01-23T20:27:40.136+00:002014-01-23T20:27:40.136+00:00As stated above, sticks of butter are 1/4 lb / 8TB...As stated above, sticks of butter are 1/4 lb / 8TBSP. However, there are two different common shapes. See here for details: http://askville.amazon.com/change-size-stick-butter/AnswerViewer.do?requestId=74117229zeeke42https://www.blogger.com/profile/13782810414231954138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-76292941928318100842014-01-19T23:04:02.132+00:002014-01-19T23:04:02.132+00:00Given that many of the people arguing that it'...<i> Given that many of the people arguing that it's not known icing until they take off and know it's there were doing so as the pilot of record at accident tribunals, I'm sticking to my assessment that if conditions known to produce ice are there, it's known icing.</i><br /><br />This neglects the skewing effect of the fact that pilots who have accidents are *far* more likely to have enforcement actions (which may or may not be related to the accident) than are pilots who do not have accidents. A Squarednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-9333546422379317832014-01-19T22:57:08.499+00:002014-01-19T22:57:08.499+00:00Given that the density of peanut butter is only ab...Given that the density of peanut butter is only about 9% greater than water, and that you're cooking, not doing lab work, it probably doesn't matter which you use mass or volume. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-53816793645751155482014-01-19T20:24:15.686+00:002014-01-19T20:24:15.686+00:00Well golly ghee whiz. I hope that made you feel b...Well golly ghee whiz. I hope that made you feel better. I did understand it, but then this Amerikan has been speaking metric for decades. I even cook metric most of the time. Why? Former lab rats know how to move their zeros.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-16729431021090923892014-01-18T01:09:01.217+00:002014-01-18T01:09:01.217+00:00Isn't nm (nautical miles) the most reasonable ...Isn't nm (nautical miles) the most reasonable unit for icing extent, given that aircraft velocity is generally given in knots?<br /><br />...also, Christopher, it appears the URL for the PDF has a trailing apostrophe - fix the URL and the document should load. It did for me at least.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-16229706737471231712014-01-17T18:28:21.012+00:002014-01-17T18:28:21.012+00:00Sadly the last link to the PDF and its definitive ...Sadly the last link to the PDF and its definitive statements on icing, is "denied".Christopher Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10863379635173510055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-4158425685934490602014-01-17T07:40:40.902+00:002014-01-17T07:40:40.902+00:00Having lived in both the Imperial and Metric world...Having lived in both the Imperial and Metric worlds, I'll say that the stick of butter is a good invention. "Curious" explained it well. Easily handled and accurately cut for tablespoons of butter (along the lines on the wrapper), and the other three sticks stay fresh 'til they are needed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-85049126281869657362014-01-17T06:17:41.701+00:002014-01-17T06:17:41.701+00:001 nautical mile ("nm") equals 1.15078 st...1 nautical mile ("nm") equals 1.15078 statute miles (basically, rounded up to an even 6,000 feet*.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />*Or, "6 KF", for "kilo-feet"majrojnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-24756444004984651832014-01-17T05:17:08.061+00:002014-01-17T05:17:08.061+00:00It's entirely possible the US 4-pack of "...It's entirely possible the US 4-pack of "sticks" has slightly different dimensions than the Canadian 1-pound bricks. They're certainly similar enough that a box of that size and shape in the dairy fridge section triggered my automatic butter recognition system, and I never measured them.<br /><br />I remember those margarine bricks, a pound quartered crosswise. I believe they do still exist but I haven't gone looking for them.Curious Chemenghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07498895422561434787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-59790239473137665962014-01-17T04:35:28.952+00:002014-01-17T04:35:28.952+00:00Sticks of butter are awesome if you live close eno...Sticks of butter are awesome if you live close enough to an American Costco that you can cross the border and stock up on their cheap butter.<br /><br />The sticks of butter I buy in Bellingham aren't the same as the other poster describes: "Canadian" bricks of butter are ~2"x2"x4" long. Sticks are more like 1.25"x1.25"x~3" long which is a much more convenient size to work with. If you need to cut off a few Tbsp, it's easier to cut up a stick than to slice of the correct amount from a 1 lb brick. <br /><br />(When I was a kid, we had Parkay margarine in little 1/4lb blocks, but those were equivalent to slicing 1lb into 4 pieces: ~ 2"x2"x1" thick. (Does this size even exist any more?)<br /><br />Wardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-31706382287085731142014-01-17T02:17:14.814+00:002014-01-17T02:17:14.814+00:00I know clouds are stereotypically fluffy and insub...<i>I know clouds are stereotypically fluffy and insubstantial, but I would have thought they had a lot more water density than that.</i><br /><br />A while back I calculated <a href="http://curiouschemeng.blogspot.ca/2011/09/how-much-does-cloud-weigh.html" rel="nofollow">approximately 0.03% by mass water in a cloud</a>. (The remaining 99.97% mass being air, of course.)<br /><br />(Also, butter is sold in "sticks" in the US. Take a pound of butter of the rectangular shape you're used to. Quarter it lengthwise and wrap each individually, then put all four in a box the size and shape you're used to. Each quarter is a "stick" of butter.)Curious Chemenghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07498895422561434787noreply@blogger.com