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Subject: Re: Conversion from MPH to Knots
From: Craig Prouse
Date: Tue Sep 17 01:50:16 2002
 
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Kobra at nowhereman@nospam.com wrote on 9/16/02 5:54 PM:

> A lot of time I will say to a px that, "we're doing 140 kts ground speed."
> Which I read off my GPS. And invariably they ask, "Well how much is that in
> MPH?"

The way I remember it is kind of goofy, but it works for me:

I think of my airspeed in knots as a dinner check, and I figure out what it
needs to be with tip. (Add 15%!)


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