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Old 27th Mar 2011, 14:56
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They are only called Weight and Balance forms by common usage
- certainly Euroland (gawd blessit) changed sometime around 2000 and although it is more correct I only talk now of 'DOW' and 'MTOW' because I get vacant stares when I refer to 'MTOM' etc. You will not get an Eu-OPS licence if you talk of weight in the exam, I fear.

"Grocer, old chap - a Newton of bananas please" just does not sound right...................

Of course, Newtons for 'weight' are only relevant to those wot weigh ('mass'????) things in kg.

NB In avoirdupois, a pound is now considered to be a two-part measurement pounds-weight and pounds-mass.

This is a weighty topic and could amass a few posts I feel.
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