tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post3491384952299556177..comments2024-03-13T09:47:40.487+00:00Comments on Cockpit Conversation: A Change is as Good as a RestAviatrixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-22175024282224098542010-07-04T17:30:21.083+00:002010-07-04T17:30:21.083+00:00Sarah, Anonymous did say "continental Europe&...Sarah, Anonymous did say "continental Europe". UK (and, I would assume, Irish) gliders usually use feet vertically and knots horizontally and vertically.<br /><br />I did fly a UK registered ASW19 for a year which had a metres altimeter but that was a bit unusual.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-18245962346455106472010-07-03T21:28:27.299+00:002010-07-03T21:28:27.299+00:00Hi:
We sell a full range of analog and digital al...Hi:<br /><br />We sell a full range of analog and digital altimeters. Most of our altimeters include a barometric capability -- <a href="http://www.altimeters.net" rel="nofollow">Red Oaks Trading</a><br /><br />Mike BlonderMike Blonderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03895629185256037518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-90027555638727985112010-06-20T23:56:11.988+00:002010-06-20T23:56:11.988+00:00Thanks for that, Anonymous. I wondered why I'...Thanks for that, Anonymous. I wondered why I'd seen UK, German, Polish and other imported gliders with metric instruments, yet heard power flying was standard imperial. Odd -- I wonder how that happened.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09991660841701835065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-6707285278763229832010-06-17T10:51:36.413+00:002010-06-17T10:51:36.413+00:00Only the Russians and the ex-Soviet nations use al...<i>Only the Russians and the ex-Soviet nations use altimeters in metres. Our altimeters use feet, as do publications giving runway lengths and widths.</i><br /><br />... and us glider pilots in continental Europe also use meters for altitude and kilometers per hour for IAS. However, all motor planes use feet and knots, which makes switching to a Touring Motor Glider somewhat confusing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-58038541711145104772010-06-16T17:44:30.800+00:002010-06-16T17:44:30.800+00:00Have a safe trip ladies! I hope the wx co-operates...Have a safe trip ladies! I hope the wx co-operates with you.<br /><br />I'm betting the airport near YVR is likely ZBB or YPK. Our wx has been changeable lately but shouldn't be too bad if you manage to get past the rocks (as usual)...Jimmynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-44334814186009958792010-06-16T10:28:20.337+00:002010-06-16T10:28:20.337+00:00It's all mixed up, but we deal.
Usually. Gim...<i>It's all mixed up, but we deal.</i><br /><br />Usually. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider" rel="nofollow">Gimli Glider</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-12914279778154660282010-06-16T08:33:27.056+00:002010-06-16T08:33:27.056+00:00Jeremy
I rather suspect that the altimeters are in...<b>Jeremy</b><br />I rather suspect that the altimeters are in hectopascals, not kilopascals...however I feel your pain.<br />I import a/c from Italy and the maker also exports to the US...and they think that Australia must be like the US. We used to end up with an awful hodgepodge...and none of it right. POHs would end up in US units, instruments part European and part US and the regulatory documentation in Australian units.<br />A lot of effort and it's now sorted...at the price of eternal vigilance.<br />CACritical Alphahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16907258677958422214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-87553196022952217142010-06-16T05:16:37.719+00:002010-06-16T05:16:37.719+00:00Enjoy your visit to "somewhere crazy"
T...Enjoy your visit to "somewhere crazy"<br /><br />The hodgepodge of aviation units in different places is a bit crazy... here in Australia, runway lenghts and widths are in meters, but all altitudes/elevations are in feet. Longer horizontal distances, of course, are in nautical miles - so you have three completly incompatible measurements of length involved.<br /><br />Altimeter pressure is in kilopascals, instead of inches of mercury, so all US airplanes brought to Australia must have the altimeter subscale converted to metric... but of course the main readout is still in feet!<br /><br />Speeds are typically in knots; I think old airplanes with ASIs in mph are allowed without a conversion though; I'm not quite sure about that. And in my experience weights and balances are calculated in whatever units are given in the POH - so with an older American airplane, you'd be using pounds, and inches from datum for the center of gravity. But my flight school also had some Italian-made planes where everything was metric.Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00156137358933497969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-90138381463751381922010-06-16T04:56:38.483+00:002010-06-16T04:56:38.483+00:00Also, I'm going somewhere crazy tomorrow morni...Also, I'm going somewhere crazy tomorrow morning, and don't know if I will have internet access for the next couple of weeks. I have enough posts in the queue, but you might not see any comments or corrections from me for a while.<br /><br />I'll miss you!Aviatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-43473906581071650432010-06-16T04:51:07.816+00:002010-06-16T04:51:07.816+00:00We fly American airplanes and older Canadian airpl...We fly American airplanes and older Canadian airplanes with imperial units in the operating handbooks, so I have always memorized wingspans in feet and done my weight and balance in pounds. Everyone under about forty-five has taken metric in school now, but there are some imperial measurements that are culturally embedded. A 36C bra, a six foot tall man, a footlong sandwich, have kind of stuck with us. People are still more likely to know their own personal weight and height in imperial, but get longer than the height of a person and I have to use metres to get a picture of how big something is. Kilometres are well-embedded in the culture, and no one is sure what an ounce is, so we use a patchwork.<br /><br />Only the Russians and the ex-Soviet nations use altimeters in metres. Our altimeters use feet, as do publications giving runway lengths and widths. Altimeter settings are in inches of mercury, but pressures in weather reports are in some magnitude of pascals. <br /><br />It's all mixed up, but we deal.Aviatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-86138569585423588302010-06-16T03:25:50.638+00:002010-06-16T03:25:50.638+00:00It sounds like an interesting trip you have lined ...It sounds like an interesting trip you have lined up. I can't wait to hear the rest of it!<br /><br />One question, though, and I've been wondering about this for a while. In the United States, the weight measurement unit is pounds, and in Canada, it's kilos. In your blog, I noticed you're using pounds. Does Canadian aviation use pounds instead of kilos? And what of altitude? Feet or meters?Geekzillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02228239470545006258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-55136593668324171682010-06-16T01:55:27.875+00:002010-06-16T01:55:27.875+00:00Sarah Conner as a flight instructor... That has a ...Sarah Conner as a flight instructor... That has a certain aesthetic value.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-89525912786743546852010-06-16T00:41:20.639+00:002010-06-16T00:41:20.639+00:00Sweet windfall of a trip!Sweet windfall of a trip!Ben Readhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01824537087817031512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-89436212941113138882010-06-16T00:40:31.118+00:002010-06-16T00:40:31.118+00:00If you happen to be in the Winnipeg Area, drop by ...If you happen to be in the Winnipeg Area, drop by Southport! (CYPG) all kinds of interesting training going on there. (I also work there...)CanuckFlyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01742154354935197804noreply@blogger.com