Soaring units in Great Britain

[Jack Glendening]

I am making some experimental soaring forecasts for Great
Britain and realized that I don't know the units being used
there as don't know how far metrification has gone. Are
airplane altitudes reported in feet? Are wind speeds in
knots? Are temperatures in Fahrenheit?

Jack

[Andrew Warbrick]

At 07:12 01 August 2005, Jack Glendening wrote:
>I am making some experimental soaring forecasts for
>Great
>Britain and realized that I don't know the units being
>used
>there as don't know how far metrification has gone.
> Are
>airplane altitudes reported in feet? Are wind speeds
>in
>knots? Are temperatures in Fahrenheit?
>
> Jack
>
Yes. Yes. Mostly no.

Also:
Airspeed - knots
Cross country average speed - kph
Distance (task) - km
Distance (navigation) - km or nauticle miles
Rate of climb/sink - knots or occasionally 'Dickies'
Pressure - millibars/hectopascals except for oxygen/tire
pressures which are in psi
Retrieve distances - Statute Miles (except aerotow
retrieve which is usually km)
Cockpit loading - avoirdupois pounds or sometimes kilograms
Water ballast - gallons or barrels or pounds

Makes perfect sense if you ask me :)

[Bill Gribble]

Jack Glendening > writes
> Are
>airplane altitudes reported in feet?

Yes.

>Are wind speeds in
>knots?

Yes.

>Are temperatures in Fahrenheit?

Celsius.

--
Bill Gribble
http://www.scapegoatsanon.demon.co.uk
- Learn from the mistakes of others.
- You won't live long enough to make all of them yourself.

[Jack Glendening]

Thanks for your responses. I will be making an announcement on RAS
shortly about the availability of these soaring weather forecasts.
Jack

[John Galloway]

At 05:06 02 August 2005, Jack Glendening wrote:
>Thanks for your responses. I will be making an announcement
>on RAS
>shortly about the availability of these soaring weather
>forecasts.
> Jack
>

Jack,

Will your Great Britain forecasts include Scotland?
Jack Harrison's (http://www.itadvice.co.uk/weatherjack)
excellent soaring forecasts cover England but up here
in Scotland we have no similar facility.

John Galloway

[Jack Glendening]

> Will your Great Britain forecasts include Scotland?
> Jack Harrison's (http://www.itadvice.co.uk/weatherjack)
> excellent soaring forecasts cover England but up here
> in Scotland we have no similar facility.
> John Galloway

John,
The last I heard, Scotland was still part of GB ;-) So yes, the
forecasts also cover Scotland, though with less resolution than for England.
Jack