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"mike regish" wrote in message
news |I think we can judge 1000' from the air better than
somebody on the ground
| because we spend a lot of time in the pattern at 1000'
agl. We gt used to
| the perspective and can verify it with our altimeters.
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| mike
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| "Super Dave" wrote in message
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| "Jim Macklin"
wrote in message
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| GPS, even a $100 hikers model will solve the problem.
But I
| just say, look at the ground, you can judge 1,000 feet
| pretty well and you only need to apply the hemisphere
rule
| above 3,000 AGL.
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| On the other hand, we always tell airport noise
complainers that it is
| very
| hard to accurately judge aircraft distances, such as
whether the plane is
| 500 feet or 1000 feet high.
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