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Old November 12th 06, 02:58 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.student
Mxsmanic
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Default Setting altimeters with no radio

Stefan writes:

The point is not which one is more accurate. The point is that everybody
uses the same frame of reference.


Both are valid points. GPS is too inaccurate to use for measuring
altitude in aviation, _and_ it uses a different frame of reference,
which leads to increasingly large disparities between GPS and pressure
altitude at higher altitudes.

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