rafa@lemmy.world to Dank Memes@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhat the fuck is a kilometer?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square130fedilinkarrow-up11.11Karrow-down179file-text
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minus-squareKilgore Trout@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoIn airspace, feet and miles are used very often
minus-squareDdhuud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-21 year agoPilots, maybe, they’re “special” like that. Engineers do not. Jk
minus-squaremaynarkh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoYeah, but those are nautical miles, not murican miles.
minus-squareKilgore Trout@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoYes, nautical miles still have some logic behind, as they are based on degrees of latitude. Still it’s funny to me that they are still called miles.
minus-squarefeck_it@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoI appreciate this practical answer even though I just learned that only pilots uses this particular American measure system Americans call mile.
In airspace, feet and miles are used very often
Pilots, maybe, they’re “special” like that. Engineers do not.
Jk
Yeah, but those are nautical miles, not murican miles.
Yes, nautical miles still have some logic behind, as they are based on degrees of latitude.
Still it’s funny to me that they are still called miles.
I appreciate this practical answer even though I just learned that only pilots uses this particular American measure system Americans call mile.