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Since the poster wondered if he got good 'mileage' - a term widely
understood and more manageable than 'kilometerage', let me chime in and say 'yes' he did. I use about 6 to 6.5 litres per 100 km in my VW Golf station wagon around the area, and all the neighbors assume that I must not drive like a real South African. On hiway driving, it's closer to 5.5. litres per 100 km. |
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Wildpicture wrote:
Fuel is very inexpensive in South Africa Not to a South African. That's almost a little arrogant. Put yourself in their shoes and you will have a different point of view about petrol prices. |
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Marc Lurie wrote:
Feet is still used for aviation for the same reason, and because of the fact that flight levels are easily calculated using convenient "1000 feet" gaps as opposed to "305 metres". Can you imagine ATC saying to a pilot "Descend to flight level 1066.8" instead of "Descend to flight level 3500" :-) Big deal. He would just order them to descend to 1100 or 1000. And 1000 feet gaps are no more or less logical than say 500 meter gaps. -- Johan W. Elzenga johanatjohanfoto.nl Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.com |
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Dave Patterson schreef:
Wildpicture wrote: Fuel is very inexpensive in South Africa Not to a South African. That's almost a little arrogant. Put yourself in their shoes and you will have a different point of view about petrol prices. That is just what I wrote in the next line, which you haven't quoted. :-) But still fuel is inexpensive there when compared to other parts of the world. In Europe fuel is easily 3 times more expensive. Regards, Hans |
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Wildpicture wrote:
Dave Patterson schreef: Wildpicture wrote: Fuel is very inexpensive in South Africa Not to a South African. That's almost a little arrogant. Put yourself in their shoes and you will have a different point of view about petrol prices. That is just what I wrote in the next line, which you haven't quoted. :-) But still fuel is inexpensive there when compared to other parts of the world. In Europe fuel is easily 3 times more expensive. Regards, Hans No need to quote you further. You told us all we needed to know in the line I did quote. |
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Canada has gone metric too, but some of us old farts still think in miles
per gallon. However, mpg is meaningless to our kids who think in litres per 100 km. To them smaller is better. The only time we see miles per gallon ratings any more is on ads that come across the US border, and then they don't use a real gallon so that's not very helpful either unless you are good at multiplying by 5/4 in your head. Scott "Marc Lurie" wrote in message ... On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 21:21:06 +0100, Wildpicture wrote: P.s. Besides Americans, nobody in the world counts in Miles per Gallon. We only know kilomters and liters. :-))) Not so Hans. The British still talk in MPG as well. :-o Marc |
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Fuel is very inexpensive in South Africa For labourers with the minimum wage (R1000 per month) it is a bit different off course! Regards from the warm bush (37 Celcius), Corné. www.amukela.com |
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You're corect of course, but in stacking aircraft up over a busy
airport, you'd be able to stack far fewer aircraft using 500m spacing. Essentially, it's "RTC" : "Resistance to Change" :-) On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 18:33:06 +0100, lid (Johan W. Elzenga) wrote: Big deal. He would just order them to descend to 1100 or 1000. And 1000 feet gaps are no more or less logical than say 500 meter gaps. |
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Marc Lurie wrote:
Can you imagine ATC saying to a pilot "Descend to flight level 1066.8" instead of "Descend to flight level 3500" Quote follows: ******************************************* http://www.hkatc.gov.hk/HK_AIP/aic/AIC%2006-03.pdf The use of metric altitudes and levels in some airspace adjacent to Hong Kong FIR requires the use of both Standard (feet) and Metric (metres) units within Hong Kong airspace. To avoid any confusion with level information the following standard phraseology shall be applied : a) when referring to an ALTITUDE the unit shall always be specified, e.g. 'descend to six thousand feet' or 'climb to two thousand seven hundred metres'; b) when referring to FLIGHT LEVELS only the METRIC unit shall be specified, e.g. 'descend to Flight Level one five zero' or 'climb to Flight Level eight thousand four hundred metres'. ******************************************* |
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