Recently, Steven P. McNicoll posted:

"Neil Gould" wrote in message
. net...

On 4/2/07, you wrote:
"An altimeter indicates altitude at the level of the instrument
itself. "

and, again:
"In other words, an altimeter indicates altitude at the level of the
instrument itself. "

And so forth. That is not necessarily so.


Why not?

After puzzling the difficulties that several of us have had in trying to
explain the differences between "indicated" (e.g. what the pilot sees) --
and "senses" (how the altimeter is calibrated), I can only guess that for
you, sitting in the tower, there is no practical difference because you
are always at the same altitude. ;-) You can review some of the
excellent explanations that Jose and others have provided to answer your
question.

The original question asked whether the altimeter is set to indicate the
altitude at the wheels or "at the level...",
and if that question has been definitively answered, I missed it.

Neil