"Dudley Henriques" wrote in
nk.net:

Hey, you mountain types out there :-) I'm doing some research on a
safety issue and need your help . I need a post from someone flying
out of Colorado somewhere, preferably Telluride or a field very close
to Telluride. I need as close to the highest elevation in the U.S. as
I can get. I'm not dealing with this issue in the context of right or
wrong as it pertains to mountain flying. I need to know if the
Kollsman window in your altimeters has a wide enough range to allow
you, IF YOU DESIRED TO DO SO, to set your altimeters to 0 elevation on
a consistent basis before take off at your field instead of a MSL
setting. Again, I'm only interested in the possibility, not the right
and wrongs involved with doing this. Thanks,
Dudley Henriques
International Fighter Pilots Fellowship
Commercial Pilot/ CFI Retired
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I don't have any direct experience with the airports in CO, but my pilots
guide shows LXV (Lake County Airport, Leadville, CO) is at 9,927' MSL. TEX
(Telluride Regional Airport) is 9,078' MSL.

The highest airport I've landed at is TVL (South Lake Tahoe, CA). The
alitude there is 6,264' MSL. None of the aircraft I flew to TVL (C172,
C182, RALL) had an altimeter which could have been set to indicate 0' at
that altitude.

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Marty Shapiro
Silicon Rallye Inc.

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