wink said:Why do we have to know all the stupid contractions in the first place.
Blame the French. When ICAO dicided English would be the international aviation language the French had a fit. They threw them METARs and TAFs as a bone.wink said:Give me a break! Why do we have to know all the stupid contractions in the first place.
port_tack said:It's all about ego. People who have memorized the 3 billion abbreviations can feel good about themselves whenever they see some poor sap struggling to makes sense of the thing.
Hence "BR" for mist (brouillard).HAL Pilot said:Blame the French. When ICAO dicided English would be the international aviation language the French had a fit. They threw them METARs and TAFs as a bone.
nittany03 said:As with many other aspects of aviation training, doing things the way they were done 30 years ago is said to develop "solid fundamentals." :icon_tong
Or as my IFS instructor remembered it, "baby rain."Brett327 said:Hence "BR" for mist (brouillard).
Brett
I'll be there tomorrow for MCFOPnittany03 said:And funny that KLUK should be your choice, I just flew in there yesterday. Very scenic airport.
Squid said:don't knock the old salts in the sim building. some of them can actually help you!
nittany03 said:Or as my IFS instructor remembered it, "baby rain."
And funny that KLUK should be your choice, I just flew in there yesterday. Very scenic airport.
gatordev said:That's how I always learned it. Even today, when I see it on the screen, I'll say "baby rain" instead of mist, knowing that means mist...at least to me.