Because you have smaller steps. When flying very low for example helicopters it makes mor sense to have smaller steps.
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StitchIsABitch@lemmy.world 3 months agoWhy? What’s so special about aviation that it benefits from imperial units?
mariusafa@lemmy.sdf.org 3 months ago
snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
The only thing I can think of is nautical miles and knots because they’re based on arc minutes. But otherwise I have no idea