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Old 4th Jan 2009, 10:34
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Genghis the Engineer
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IO540 - the relationship between geopotential altitude (as measured by GPS) and pressure altitude (as measured by an altimeter and use to define airspace) can often be rather greater than 100 feet. I would not rely upon a GPS database to avoid level busts unless you set the tolerances quite large (I have mine set to warn me if within 500ft of CAS).

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