To: Crab
This is another point where we must agree to disagree. You are 100% correct. But only on the eastern end of the Atlantic. If you came to the States to attend a class at Sikorsky you would have a very hard time to understand what the instructor was trying to teach because it would be totally alien to you. I have taught aerodynamics to US Army helicopter pilots and mechanics and I have taught in two A&P schools. They didn't have any problems understanding what I was trying to teach them. However if one of our guys came over to the UK to attend a course at Westland on the EH 101 and they taught principles of flight the way you are describing them they would have an equally hard time to comprehend the instructor because his words would be alien to him as well. Besides he would most likely be speaking in a midlands accent which doesn’t help matters much.
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The Cat