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"Ross Oliver" wrote in message
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Why do aircraft pilots use nautical miles to measure distance?

Yeah. Why *do* we?

-- David Brooks

On Tue, 9 Dec 2003 12:31:25 -0800, "David Brooks"
wrote:

Why do aircraft pilots use nautical miles to measure distance?

Yeah. Why *do* we?

Because it's exactly the same as a minute of latitude, thus making
distance estimates easier to do in the cockpit?

Rob

Horsepuckey. I can get a student to guesstimate TEN TIMES faster when we are
using statute miles.

Jim


Rob Perkins
shared these priceless pearls of wisdom:

-On Tue, 9 Dec 2003 12:31:25 -0800, "David Brooks"
wrote:
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- Why do aircraft pilots use nautical miles to measure distance?
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-Yeah. Why *do* we?
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-Because it's exactly the same as a minute of latitude, thus making
-distance estimates easier to do in the cockpit?
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-Rob



Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup)
VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor
http://www.rst-engr.com

On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 14:34:32 -0800, Jim Weir wrote:

Horsepuckey. I can get a student to guesstimate TEN TIMES faster when we are
using statute miles.

Right back at ya. I can guesstimate TEN TIMES faster because the scale
for nautical miles is laid down every few inches on the chart.

Rob

Why do aircraft pilots use nautical miles to measure distance?

Yeah. Why *do* we?

Because it's exactly the same as a minute of latitude, thus making
distance estimates easier to do in the cockpit?

And this makes it easier how?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"David Brooks" wrote in message
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Yeah. Why *do* we?


So that we are not using statute AND nautical miles to measure distance.

or kilometers!
do we use NM because it is a "world" standard?
--
Jim Burns III

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"David Brooks" wrote in message
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Yeah. Why *do* we?


So that we are not using statute AND nautical miles to measure distance.

"Jim" wrote in message
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or kilometers!
do we use NM because it is a "world" standard?


Nautical miles was already the standard of choice of the USAF and USN at the
time, and was also used by civil carriers flying overseas routes. Switching
to nautical miles was the logical thing to do.

In the thirties and forties, statute miles was the only scale printed on
sectionals. Sometime in the early fifties, before the switch from statute
miles to nautical miles as the standard, scales in statute miles, nautical
miles, and kilometers appeared on charts.

On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 09:47:30 GMT, (Ross
Oliver) wrote:

I think you should avoid "dead aviators" type questions, and make
the questions more relavent to your local area. And even though it
is a contest with some sort of prize, the primary goal should be to get
all the radio lisenters interested in the material. For example:

How many public-use airports are there in Iowa?
In what year did the Iowa City airport first open?
What type of aircraft was the first to land at the Iowa City airport?
How many aircraft are based at the Iowa City airport?
How many air (nautical) miles from Iowa City to First Flight Airport
at Kittyhawk?

What airport do people flying to and from Iowa City on airliners use?
Eastern Iowa Airport

Where is it? Cedar Rapids.

What's its code? CDR

Why? Because it used to be Cedar Rapids Airport.

Mary, who has been through CDR many times, most recently in September

--
Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer

"Mary Shafer" wrote in message
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What airport do people flying to and from Iowa City on airliners use?
Eastern Iowa Airport

Where is it? Cedar Rapids.

What's its code? CDR

Why? Because it used to be Cedar Rapids Airport.

Mary, who has been through CDR many times, most recently in September


The location identifier for The Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids is CID.
CDR is Chadron Municipal Airport, in beautiful Chadron, Nebraska.