"Reunite Gondwanaland (Mary Shafer)" wrote:
>
> On Sun, 04 May 2008 16:12:49 -0700, Bill Turlock <"Bill Turlock
> "@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > 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"
HA! Got something more-or-less right for a change, and Mary
didn't pick it apart too bad!
Yea Me!
Bill "has aircraft altimiter in car because of obsessive
curiousity about the elevation of Grizzly Peak Blvd, where that
spectacular overlook is" Turlock (~1725', IIRC)
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