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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

mike regish writes:

My point is that they both are, basically, the same frame of
reference-height above sea level.


Nope. GPS is height above the mean surface of the geoid, altimeter is
height above mean sea level. They can be hundreds of feet apart.

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