rugburn@fedinsfw.app to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agoMetric system? Pffft....media.fedinsfw.appimagemessage-square80linkfedilinkarrow-up1589arrow-down17
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minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 days agoPilot here: in a weird way, a thousand feet is a unit. “Five thousand, Five hundred feet” is processed kind of like 5.5 altitudes. Bonus: traffic patterns are typically flown at 1000 feet AGL, so 1.0 altitudes, so pilots see that distance a lot.
Pilot here: in a weird way, a thousand feet is a unit. “Five thousand, Five hundred feet” is processed kind of like 5.5 altitudes. Bonus: traffic patterns are typically flown at 1000 feet AGL, so 1.0 altitudes, so pilots see that distance a lot.