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75 feets is 22.8 meters. 234 knots is 433km/h.
by speedgoose 5y ago
75 feets is 22.8 meters.
234 knots is 433km/h.
- pc86 5y agoWhich is irrelevant, given this is about aviation where feet and knots are standardized in all but a few former Soviet block countries.
- chki 5y agoAs somebody who doesn't regularly interact with aviation I don't have an intuitive understanding of knots and feet so to me it is helpful to have these translated to units that I "understand".
- ycIsGarbage 5y agoStill, helpful for the large majority of people who are not pilots.
- punarinta 5y agoI’m flying an ultralight in Europe and my IAS is in km/h. And to be frank, probably all UL and PPL aircraft I’ve seen nearby use km/h, not knots. Not sure why it is so, but it’s definitely easier for my brain. :)
- argvargc 5y agoEntire countries-worth of aviators are irrelevant?
- anaganisk 5y agoAnd we’re talking about it Hackernews not on Avsim or aviation herald. People here would better understand in a language they know.
- avhon1 5y ago234 knots is also equal to 269 miles per hour.
- GekkePrutser 5y agoYeah knots are just nautical miles per hour
- twistedpair 5y agoFor reference, the max allowed GA airspeed by the FAA under 10,000 ft (3km) altitude is 250 knots. Doing so at 175 feet is wild.