"Barry" wrote in
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Actually, there are a lot of anomolies around the world. Eastern
Europe and Russia doggedly cling to using windspeed in Meters/second
and have reluctantly accepted using feet for altitude, though there
are still a lot of published platform altitudes of something like
"2746 feet"

I learned to fly in France in the 1980s and they used a weird
combination of feet and meters. Altimeters read in feet,and minimum
safe altitudes were charted in feet. But charted obstructions and
airspace restrictions were in meters. Everyone set QFE (altimeter
reads zero on the ground) for takeoff, then reset the altimeter to QNH
if leaving the traffic pattern. Flight levels began at 3500 feet.

Can any Europeans out there tell me if it's still like that?




I fly in Eurpoe a lot an dmercifully tht doesn't seem to be the case,
but having said that, I only use insturment charts in France...

Bertie