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Forum: Military Aviation

10th Sep 2009, 20:42

Replies: 185

Why do the RAF still use QFE?

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Posted By WX Man

Fareastdriver- very interesting post. Many thanks...

Fareastdriver- very interesting post. Many thanks for sharing your experience.

I've yet to be pursuaded that QFE is an appropriate thing to have set on an altimeter. R Scandal puts it very nicely:...

Forum: Military Aviation

9th Sep 2009, 11:36

Replies: 185

Why do the RAF still use QFE?

Views: 36,205

Posted By WX Man

No, sorry, I don't buy this one. I actually fly...

No, sorry, I don't buy this one. I actually fly lots of circuits at lots of different airfields when I'm working. I'm not exactly ETPS standard (far from it), yet I still manage to keep up with lots...

Forum: Military Aviation

7th Sep 2009, 21:30

Replies: 185

Why do the RAF still use QFE?

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Posted By WX Man

I can't believe some people are even talking...

I can't believe some people are even talking about using GPS height, Radalts and all sorts of other ways of measuring your altitude. The whole idea of everyone using QNH is to simplify things!

Forum: Military Aviation

6th Sep 2009, 12:46

Replies: 185

Why do the RAF still use QFE?

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Posted By WX Man

My problem with QFE is one of traffic awareness....

My problem with QFE is one of traffic awareness. At the numerous mil airfields where there are adjacent civvy airfields (eg Brize/Oxford), having QNH set reduces a lot of the ballache about "if he's...

Forum: Military Aviation

4th Sep 2009, 21:26

Replies: 185

Why do the RAF still use QFE?

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Posted By WX Man

Interesting responses (and so many, in so short a...

Interesting responses (and so many, in so short a time!). Seems to me that the arguments for using QFE are:

- to fly a circuit you don't have to add 1000ft to the aerodrome elevation
- to fly an...

Forum: Military Aviation

4th Sep 2009, 18:32

Replies: 185

Why do the RAF still use QFE?

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Posted By WX Man

Why do the RAF still use QFE?

Just pondering the thought. Why do RAF pilots still use QFE? As a civvy pilot, I use QNH all the time, everywhere... except RAF bases. Just wondering why.

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