 Altimeter Question
"Barry" <a@b.c> wrote in
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>>> 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...
>
> Does the ATIS give both QNH and QFE? I flew mainly from an airport
> with a tower and no ATIS. If you told ground you were staying in the
> pattern they gave you just the QFE, otherwise they gave both. And the
> VFR airport charts gave the difference between QNH and QFE (in hPa)
> for each airport, along with the field elevation in both meters and
> feet.
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Now you mention it, some plaes in France do also include the QFE.
Bertie |