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Old 16th May 2019, 09:03
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Originally Posted by 45-25-25
The SOP on a range was to calibrate the pressure altimeter to the Rad Alt so you had an accurate height reference in a turn. The Nav/Observer had to use a chinagraph on a strip indicator!
Just picking up on that point, did pilots adopt the practice of winding the millibar sub-scale on their pressure altimeter to align it to the rad alt reading?
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