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Geico266 01-28-2012 04:31 PM

Knots or MPH?? That Is The Question
 
Do you use knots or MPH to describe how fast you are going in an airplane ..... and why?

DonFromTX 01-28-2012 04:35 PM

I have always used MPH, no real reason, the airspeed was calibrated that way, and it made more sense to me somehow.

gbrasch 01-28-2012 04:40 PM

Real pilots use knots............:D

DanBaier 01-28-2012 04:40 PM

Knots. A holdover from IFR training and I've stayed with that. Except, there's a guy on the field with a Lancair 320 - so for him, I speak in Km/H.

Dan

Dennis_I 01-28-2012 04:43 PM

Knots in the RV, MPH in the Super Cub and KM/H in my car...:confused:

Vlad 01-28-2012 04:55 PM

Km/h
 
I brag in kilometers per hour because the numbers are impressive but system requires knots that's what I use :)

scard 01-28-2012 04:58 PM

That would be mighty embarrassing, while on an IFR flight, to report your speed in MPH when prompted by ATC. You might get asked if your riding a tricycle or something :).

Geico266 01-28-2012 04:58 PM

Knots are for ships. No one cares how fast a ship goes. ;) No one (the general public) knows how fast a knot is so you have to sit there and explain it every time. This is a waste of time, spent only attempting to make the pilot feel superior over the person asking. (Right Marty!??;))

Think of how many time you have had to ask; "Knots or MPH" at OSH or any other time you are talking speed. Folks! We are talking about wasting time at OSH! There should be a law against that!

MPH is for airplanes. Most pilots uses statue miles to a destination when traveling they usually don't use nautical miles. There is that term again "nautical".... is for ships! Why confuse the issue?

I hereby declare MPH the official measure of speed for RV's. ;)

Mike S 01-28-2012 05:03 PM

Yeah, what Larry said.

Soon as they start marking maps with knots to show distance from place to place, then it will make sense to use them.

Flyfalcons 01-28-2012 05:05 PM

Knots is aviation standard. MPH can be used by LSA pilots with an inferiority complex.


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