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Old 14th July 2008 | 14:56
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Genghis the Engineer
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RadAlt over forest

Has anybody experience of operating a GPWS equipped aircraft close to jungle/forest. I'm wondering whether the RadAlt tends to detect the forest canopy or the ground underneath? I've not operated in that environment myself, and the textbooks don't seem to say much.

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