Bertie the Bunyip

"Barry" <a@b.c> wrote in
news:W6SdnY-2tdFGFJrVnZ2dnUVZ_v6rnZ2d@:

>> Actually, there are a lot of anomolies around the world. Eastern
>> Europe and Russia doggedly cling to using windspeed in Meters/second
>> and have reluctantly accepted using feet for altitude, though there
>> are still a lot of published platform altitudes of something like
>> "2746 feet"
>
> I learned to fly in France in the 1980s and they used a weird
> combination of feet and meters. Altimeters read in feet,and minimum
> safe altitudes were charted in feet. But charted obstructions and
> airspace restrictions were in meters. Everyone set QFE (altimeter
> reads zero on the ground) for takeoff, then reset the altimeter to QNH
> if leaving the traffic pattern. Flight levels began at 3500 feet.
>
> Can any Europeans out there tell me if it's still like that?
>
>
>

I fly in Eurpoe a lot an dmercifully tht doesn't seem to be the case,
but having said that, I only use insturment charts in France...

Bertie