terry

On Apr 18, 3:33 am, "Barry" <a...@b.c> wrote:
> > 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?

Its still like that in australia, we use feet for altitude , but we
use meters for horizontal distance. OurVFR rules are to stay clear of
cloud by 1000 feet vertically and 1500 m horizontally. Hpa for
pressure except tire pressure which is psi