"TheSmokingGnu" wrote in message
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Here's one that may seem silly: to what height, precisely, is an altimeter
calibrated to?

The bottom of the landing gear? The height of the static port? the chord
line of the fuselage? In a Cessna, the difference between these is
minimal, but on an airliner, you're talking about a possible +/- 10-15
feet (even discounting the radar altimeter).

What is the answer, o Swammi of Salami?

TheSmokingGnu

The altitude of the bench in the avionics shop.

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