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September 20th 07, 01:38 PM
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Metric Soaring In France
Well, actually, it is!
I was taught this trick years ago----glad to see it works in "metricland" also. One finger width on a USA Sectional Chart 1:500,000 is (approximately) 5 NM One Nautical Mile is (approximately) 6000 ft So--at 30:1 (200 ft/mi), one finger is about 1000 ft required. At 20:1(300 ft/mi), one finger is about 1500 ft required. Add in pattern altitude, and there you are! Hartley Falbaum USA "KF" wrote in message ups.com... I have been really distressed since returning to Alaska from St. Auban a few years ago when I had to give up my very easy metric 20/1 glide calculator system for 1/250,000 maps, i.e., my right hand with four fingers, and a metric altimeter. Life should be so easy here. Here's why: 
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