On Oct 26, 6:40*am, tstock wrote:
Since using the horizon is not reliable, I suppose placing the airport
a certain position above my shoulder could be a good technique to
estimate the angle. *My shoulder will always be in the same place
unless my head has been removed.

I play a game with my students called "Guess our height" With the
student's altimeter covered, I ask them to guess our altitude and them
I tell them what the back seat altimeter says. (Of course, you must
HAVE a back seat altimeter.)

The first few guesses may be wildly wrong but they get better fast. A
few dozen repeats and they're pretty accurate. I'd never ask a
student to fly a no-altimeter pattern and landing until they were at
least passable in estimating altitude.

Bill D