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Old 1st Jun 2021, 08:26
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Originally Posted by Self loading bear
This one remains my favorite:
Although not stated on the cover, this must in fact be for NATO use. Airspeeds are given in Km/H, and some of the instructions read a little oddly to a native speaker (for instance, the power units are enumerated as eight or nine "reindeers," as opposed to "reindeer" (as a side note, have you noticed that "aircrafts" is beginning to appear as a plural in quite reasonable parts of the media?) On the other hand, pressures are given in Lb/sq. in.

I suspect this must be an example of the developmental batch of the Notes, for internal use and comment, before general issue.
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