On Sun, 04 May 2008 16:12:49 -0700, Bill Turlock <"Bill Turlock
"@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> AUIU, above 20k ft (or so) everybody sets theirs to standard,
> 29.92" Hg IIRC. This keeps everybody on the same page, no matter
> what the weather was when they left their air****t. Then when they
> descend they get the latest correction from the destination
> air****t.
It's lower than that, but I don't know how much. Maybe Dave Hatunen
will look in and set us straight. It has definitely happened by FL
180 (18,000 ft MSL to the rest of us), because that's where controlled
airspace starts.
Mary "It ends at FL 600, if you were wondering"
--
Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer
We didn't just do weird stuff at Dryden, we wrote re****ts about it.
reunite.gondwana@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
or miliff@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
my blog at http://thedigitalknitter.blogspot.com/


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