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Old 17th Aug 2007, 14:19
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From the lhr.... website:

AC866 goes down to 3369 feet displayed on base leg before coming back up to 4232 feet shortly before intercepting.

Taken from the succeeding 747: 3925 feet displayed equals 4000 ft QNH, so the lowest of AC866 was around 3450 ft QNH.

While Mode-S altitude resolution is 25 feet (Mode-C 100 feet), where do these altitude data come from?
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