 Altimeter Question
terry <tfmann@iprimus.com.au> wrote in
news:4f562db1-98e3-4bbf-9673-07a4972cea04@s50g2000hsb..com:
> 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
>> wer
> e
>> charted in feet. But charted obstructions and airspace restrictions
>> wer
> e in
>> meters. Everyone set QFE (altimeter reads zero on the ground) for
>> takeo
> ff,
>> 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
>
Meters is the international standard for vis, except in the US!
Bertie |