Distance question: Are Honduran meters different from regular meters?
I have a vacation home in Honduras and the Honduran government has finally given me clearance to return to the country after a prolonged hiatus. However, Honduran aviation authorities have forbidden me to come within "100 meters of any civil or private aircraft, save for the purpose of travel upon leaving Honduras". It seems they can’t forgive and forget about that school I crashed a "borrowed" Bell 47 helicopter. It was years ago and nobody was killed. Let’s let the past be the past.
In the words of my Spanish speaking lawyer, Honduran Aviation Authorities claim I pose ‘Una amenaza verdadera y grave para el bienestar de la población de Honduras’ ("a serious and direct threat to the welfare of the Honduran people").
So, are Honduran meters different from other kinds of meters, like those used in the UK? Are they by chance shorter in legnth? (Please say yes!!!)
Eddddd: But that’s the Guatemalan measurement. What’s the equation for the Honduran?
Tectonic: Aren’t you supposed to be serving semi-warm coffee on a short-hop flight in the midwest somewhere?
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4 Responses to “Distance question: Are Honduran meters different from regular meters?”
I have a vacation home in Guatemala which uses the same standard of measurement which is based upon the cranium of the great Atahualpa, the last Inca. Why they use this standard is beyond anyone’s imagination but it comes out to this: 69 cm = 1 A.m. (Atahualpan meter), so it is indeed shorter. But also for reasons that beggar the imagination, the Atahualpan kilometer is equal to 1,500 A.m. (Atahualpan meters). You do the math from here, buddy, I am not a calculator!
There is only one kind of meters:
1 meter = 100 centimeters.
100 meters = 1/10 Kilomter
Thats what they are referring to. I’m Guatemalan.
Captain Art, a meter is a meter is a meter. It is a unit of measurement that is constant everywhere on Earth.
Specifically, it is this:
The meter is the length of the path traveled by light in vacuum during a time interval of 1/299 792 458 of a second.
You can still fly MILITARY aircraft, so borrow one from Costa Rica! lol
Regards,
Dan
PS Did you get my email?
Can you please start asking more interesting questions? I like my pilots attractive and semi-intelligent, not weirdos who are obsessed with the metric system.