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		errantspark on March 17, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Enroute Airbus A380 wake flips Challenger business... Mostly an aviation thing but descended from the fact that many early airplanes were American/British. IIRC only China, Russia and the DPRK use metric units. EDIT: ahahaha <3 HN commenters

sneak on March 17, 2017 | [–]

Containers are also sadly measured in TEU (twenty foot equivalent units) stemming from their American design.

Global, impossible to upgrade standards that mean we are stuck with imperial units for a hundred years yet or more.

rangibaby on March 17, 2017 | [–]

I believe Russia uses FL measurements since a few years ago.

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