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To: Jack Hydrazine

What is kts? Do you mean kps?


8 posted on 12/05/2013 5:49:40 AM PST by smaug6 (We can't afford to be innocent!! Stand up and face the enemy.)
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To: smaug6

knots...


10 posted on 12/05/2013 5:53:38 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: smaug6

knots

1,000 kts = 1,151 mph


11 posted on 12/05/2013 5:53:38 AM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: smaug6

Aircraft airspeed is measure in knots. One knot is one nautical mile per hour. A speed of 3500 knots is 3500 nautical miles per hour. I was taught a nautical mile is 6076.11548 feet but there are other values for a nautical mile.


13 posted on 12/05/2013 5:55:51 AM PST by ops33 (Senior Master Sergeant, USAF (Retired))
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To: smaug6

kts = nautical miles per hour.


72 posted on 12/05/2013 1:02:53 PM PST by PLMerite (Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
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