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I am (perhaps unreasonably) annoyed by the mixed units. The narrator and captions are using knots for speed, which is standard for aviation in most of the world

by Zak 4y ago

I am (perhaps unreasonably) annoyed by the mixed units. The narrator and captions are using knots for speed, which is standard for aviation in most of the world. The on-screen display is using km/h, which is standard for everything else in most of the world.

benhurmarcel 4y ago
Interestingly, glider pilots use metric units in metric countries. So altitudes are in m, airspeed in km/h, and vertical speed in m/s.
369548684892826 4y ago
And ft/s for vertical speed. Really got a bit of everything going on there!
- aero-glide2 4y ago
  That is standard for vertical speed everywhere
  - bernulli 4y ago
    That's funny for someone with aero-glide2 as user name. I'm used to metric variometers in gliders.
    - chipsa 4y ago
      And yet, excepting two countries (IIRC), altitude is normally in feet for ATC. Which means instruments are in feet.
      - bernulli 4y ago
        Not in the countries you refer to, and not in gliders in many European countries. Not 'everywhere' then.
  - aasasd 4y ago
    So if both wings break off, I need to do unit conversion to calculate my remaining lifespan? Jesus Christ, what a horror show.