meters for horizontal distances, such as
not really. distance is measured in (nautical) miles, speed in knots (1 knot is 1 nautical mile per hour)
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litchralee@sh.itjust.works 9 months agoIt gets even more interesting when aviation uses:
- feet for vertical distances – such as 1000 ft overhead separation for aircraft heading towards each other
- meters for horizontal distances, such as
14th_cylon@lemmy.zip 9 months ago
dustyData@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Tho relationship of nautical miles and knots for speed is really good for navigating over a sphere. There are some handy shortcuts that make quick mental calculations fast and intuitive, specially with an e6b flight computer (not an electronic).
The alternative would’ve been to use euclidean planes, projections and radian transformations, which would’ve been harder to use for navigating.