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Old 17th Feb 2006, 09:30
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Hand Solo
 
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If you expect Flight Levels to be to an exact multiple of thousands of feet then you're in for a big surprise over Russia. They use flights levels in multiples of 300 metres and everybody flies to whichever multiple of 100ft is closest to it. Hence flying around at 36400ft is perfectly normal.
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