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Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 3:04 pm Post subject: Measurements

A couple of quick questions for the pilots regarding measurements used in aviation. 1: How far is a Nautical mile? and 2: how fast is a knot? I've always pondered this great mystery... Shocked

Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 3:11 pm Post subject:

1 Nautical mile is approx 1.8 kilometers and 1 knot is one Nautical mile per hour. Wink

Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 3:12 pm Post subject:

a nautical mile is 1.852 km and a knot is 1 nmph

additionally, in England and the USA the nautical mile is 1.853 km.

Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 3:27 pm Post subject:

Thans alot... please dont think im a complete idiot when I ask how fast is a nautical mile pler hour? In relation to miles pler hour or something.

Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 3:35 pm Post subject:

a nautical mile per hour is a knot. a knot is 1.852 (or in some cases 1.853) km/h. so a nautical mile per hour is 1.852 (or in some cases 1.853) kilometers per hour.

also, a knot is 1.1515 miles per hour, so a nautical mile is 1.1515 in miles.

and You are NOT an idiot, i dont know many things either. What's the meaning of life? See? Dont know. And i still am no idiot.

I think.

Myth

Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 5:06 pm Post subject:

http://forums.surclaro.com/sutra9144.html&highlight=knot#9144

Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 4:44 am Post subject:

Thanks for the info guys. Makes alot more sense. I was more or less just curious, as none of the ground vehicles I've seen have airspeed indicators Laughing

Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 2:42 pm Post subject:

Or, a nautical mile equals 6076 feet

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Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 5:29 pm Post subject:

Umm... yeah, a bit of corny humor there. Guess i'm not funny. Sad

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