On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 06:43:31 -0500, mike regish wrote:
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.

Plus, there is also the issue of we have more to took at to get a
reference on... People on the ground are trying to judge distance by
looking at a single object that is relatively rather small... Nothing to
really compare it to... On the other hand, if we are above water with no
surrounding terrain or boats, I would suspect that we might have a bit
more difficulty judging altitude...