On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 19:32:28 +0100, "BAC"
wrote and included this (or some of
this):


"Phil Wilson" wrote in message
news
BAC wrote:

I wonder where the convention that North is 'up' came from? Is it
from maps, which usually show North at the top of the sheet?

It refers tro a higher plane, the further north you go, the higher it
gets..


The plane in question being a Fokker Tripe-plane, no doubt :-)


Oh, one of them Fokkers.


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