Bill Daniels wrote:
Does it strike some of the digerati here that expensive mechanical
altimeters with easily mis-read clock-like hands locked into either the
metric or US measurement systems are archaic?

I have both a mechanical and digital altimeter. When i want to check my
altitude, I tend to rely on the mechanical. Like a watch with hands, I
don'd read it as much as glance at it and I find that easier. YMMV.

Tony V.