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Forum: Military Aviation

13th Jul 2014, 16:31

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Why do the RAF still use QFE?

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Posted By Easy Street

The Thunderbirds have always flown with QNH...

The Thunderbirds have always flown with QNH (unsurprisingly, being American) but they used to 'think' in QFE. That was, until this accident (http://www.f-16.net/f-16-news-article968.html). Now, they...

Forum: Military Aviation

12th Jul 2014, 20:58

Replies: 185

Why do the RAF still use QFE?

Views: 36,209

Posted By Easy Street

Vasco, FJs at KAF use QNH. The FJ community...

Vasco,

FJs at KAF use QNH. The FJ community isn't the driver for keeping QFE, although some seem to think it is (e.g. Brize offering QFE to FJs by default). I think the most ardent defenders of it...

Forum: Military Aviation

11th Jul 2014, 20:18

Replies: 185

Why do the RAF still use QFE?

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Posted By Easy Street

BB, There's no need for any mathematics or...

BB,

There's no need for any mathematics or conversion tables. It's a simple 2-step procedure:

1) If in a country where QFE is used at military airfields (e.g. UK), use QFE at military...

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