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Comment on "Your altimeter displays one altitude while your GPS displays another. Under VFR, which do you use/when?"
That's straight forward, but, if you are in the middle of nowhere and cannot get the local altimeter setting before taking off, is it OK / sufficient to use the GPS altitude to set your altimeter prior to takeoff?Comment on "Your altimeter displays one altitude while your GPS displays another. Under VFR, which do you use/when?"
...EBSITE which is GREAT on altimeter discussion, stories of near m...irs / crashes due to mistaken altimeter settings, "minor" misreads in...c examples of why an accurate altimeter setting can be critical: "...rture, sufficient to make the altimeter read 250-300 feet high if not...- +90 more Comments
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- A weather system is setting up here over Carson City. High winds coming in.
- These were setting up just as I closed the hangar door. Guess that explains the sparse pockets of massive turbulence I hit yesterday
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- Another beautiful evening twilight flight this past Tuesday with a nearly full moon rising as the sun was setting.
- Today's flight to YPOK... The morning was a little cool but not what we would call col...ime at all. It was at this point that we could see the FOG... Yes reality was setting in that we were not going to...
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- The test flights using manifold pressure as the reference, gave incredibly equal res...y. So effectively, each prop gave exactly the same speed for the same power setting!
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- ...VFR aircraft on crossing courses. Your altimeter displays Indicated Altitude a...ons. The correction is done by entering the altimeter setting given by an Air Traffic Contr...given area should be on the same altimeter setting so relative (altitude) separa...
Friends!!! "Why have any" and "How to manage the ones you have" (Collections, setting Access)
We all need friends. Well all of us except Oscar the Sesame Street Grouch. ...also, be notified whenever you post something new. OK, cool enough. Setting Access: More than that thoug...- +4 more Pages
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- When Chuck Norris flies, the altimeter setting is 00.00 --- Chuck Norris is never under pressure. C...adar screen. Chuck Norris doesn’t level off; he tells the altimeter to stop moving Chuck No...
- Pilots prepare for world record-setting flight in microlight Pilots Richard Foster and Richard Bird are putting the finishing touches on their Ikarus C42 microlight aircraft,...
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- 2006 NorthWing Apache Sport 912 Rotax 80HP motor 218.3 TT on trike and motor (flown regularly so time will change)&nb...mounted radio, Garmin GPSMap 276C color display, EIS Engine monitor system. Altimet...
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- A very nice evening flight with Anna, who had not flown in a small aircraft before. Smooth air and a nice moon opposite a nearly setting sun made for a great first flight experience!
Hang Gliding World Record Distance flight - 760 KMs (> 470 miles)
A flight that breaks a World Record of 760kms. A story of two men setting history in hang gliders- Jonny Durand & Dustin Martin. I was a bit bummed actually when they broke the record-- it was he...- +1 more Videos
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- From Pilot Tips / Workshops "Under VFR, you should be flying at a cardinal altitude (odd or even thousand-foot altitudes e.g. 4,000, 5,000, 6,000, 7,000, etc.) plus 500 feet. This provides separation from IFR aircraft and other VFR aircraft on crossing courses. Your alt...
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