Originally Posted by
Mechta
I've always wondered why an altimeter specific to the aircraft type would be necessary and why an alternative would have been at all difficult to source elsewhere.
Neil's write up of ferrying Doug Arnold's first 2111 from Spain to Blackbushe refers (as I recall) to metric instrumentation, can't recall if that included the altimeter (I've never seen a metric altimeter - do they exist?) but if so perhaps he was keen to have something easier to read? The first ferry was in June '76, the crash was in December '77. He also ferried two across the Atlantic in the Autumn of '77. I must reread Airborne - away tomorrow night, I'll tuck it in my bag!