Talk:Runway visual range
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Wikipedia is not a technical manual. While this is all interesting stuff, we should make sure that someone coming to the article knowing nothing about approach procedure or aeronautics can understand. Also, while this is not copyright, is there really any point in just copying another website? Why not just give the URL? That way the information is updated by someone else. DJ Clayworth 21:14, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
[edit] good points...
You make some good points, while the wilipedia is not a technical manual, it is an 'encyclopedia,' and as such has a duty to be technically correct to the extent possible. Truth be known, I entered the article about runway visual range only because I was adding my techincal knowledge to another article that made reference to this particular subject.
Again, I agree this wikipedia is not a techincal, but i feel it is important to be as techically correct as is possible. For some people many of the terms and ideas contained in this article is jibberish, and for others who may want to know that level of detail it may be a good source for useful information. Besides, others may not know what technical manual to turn to for this information. Not to mention that someone who would be looking at such a piece of obscure aviation minutia would either need to know what runway visual range is, or ought to know what it is already.
I only wish there was such a complete reference on the internet when I was a student.
