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Old 17th Nov 1999, 06:36
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hopharrigan
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Check with your techies. You will find that modern airplanes equipped with a CADC have temperature compensation and will read correctly no matter what the OAT. See also the requirements for RVSM airspace. If you have a pressure altimeter as a reference then the corrections will be needed.