Re: pardon my ignorance...

[jurrasm@genesis.torrco.com (Mark Jurras)]

> Reply-To: thorpe@kegs.saic.com (Denise Thorpe)
 > 
> Speaking of gauges, I was once told that the combo oil pressure and temp 
> gauge is called a safety gauge and it was designed so that the two needles 
> would form a vertical line when everything was as it should be.  This is 
> so that the driver can verify the condition of the car at a glance.

Did you ever notice, in documentary film airplane cockpit views, how all the 
gauges in I/P all pointed the same direction? 

- -Mark    = =o&o