Yes, in the military there is a silly mix of units. For the RAF distance
travelled (or to travel) is nautical miles, horizontal separation from cloud
likewise; but visibility is measured in kilometres and altitude in feet, along
with vertical separation from cloud. Oh, and atmospheric pressure, that used
to be expressed in millibars, is now in hectopascals.
But I think that CC was taking Philippe's question just a little too l
literally . . .
Chris
On 22 Jul 14, at 22:43, JOHN DUGGAN <john.duggan10@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Chris, not entirely true. The UK has not completely embraced the metric
> systems and distances - except in the military - are usually expressed in
> miles. A number of imperial and metric systems seem to co-exist in relative
> harmony.
>
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