Air Navigation
(11.30 a.m.) WASHINGTON, July 17.
In future, navigation by Army Air Forces will be based on the nautical mile, approximately 6080 ft, instead of the statute mile, 5280 feet. It is claimed that the nautical mile facilitates plotting in aeronautical work.
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Northern Advocate, 18 July 1946, Page 4
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