Demise of the Millibar.
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Spreadsheets!!! When I wor a lad....
In 1957 whist serving with the RAF Liaison party at Base Aérienne 125 Istres, we had to re-fuel transiting a/c.
The favorite was the Beverley!
This wonderful a/c had fuel gauges calibrated in Pounds. But they were considered to be inaccurate, so we had to check with the dipsticks, which were calibrated in Imperial Gallons.
Our Avgas came from French Shell bowsers that were calibrated in litres!
In those far off pre-computer days all of the reconciliation calculations were very strictly 'back of a fag packet' jobs.
But, we kept 'em flying.
Spreadsheets!!! When I wor a lad....
In 1957 whist serving with the RAF Liaison party at Base Aérienne 125 Istres, we had to re-fuel transiting a/c.
The favorite was the Beverley!
This wonderful a/c had fuel gauges calibrated in Pounds. But they were considered to be inaccurate, so we had to check with the dipsticks, which were calibrated in Imperial Gallons.
Our Avgas came from French Shell bowsers that were calibrated in litres!
In those far off pre-computer days all of the reconciliation calculations were very strictly 'back of a fag packet' jobs.
But, we kept 'em flying.
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We have a wonderful way of dealing with the imperial/decimal divide, and it goes back a long way.
Pere Artist went into a hardware shop not far North of Pompey about 35 years ago, looking for a length of copper pipe. He asked for 10 feet of pipe;
"Sorry Sir, we don't sell it in feet any more, it's gone metric".
"Fine, I'll have three metres".
"Would that be in half-inch or three-quarters diameter, Sir?"
Pere Artist went into a hardware shop not far North of Pompey about 35 years ago, looking for a length of copper pipe. He asked for 10 feet of pipe;
"Sorry Sir, we don't sell it in feet any more, it's gone metric".
"Fine, I'll have three metres".
"Would that be in half-inch or three-quarters diameter, Sir?"
We have a wonderful way of dealing with the imperial/decimal divide, and it goes back a long way.
"Half a crown a foot" came the reply
GG
