PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - IFR in kitplanes
View Single Post
Old 7th Aug 2010, 14:32
  #21 (permalink)  
IO540
 
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: EuroGA.org
Posts: 13,787
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
The Garmin 496 GPS-derived altitude is a helluva lot more accurate than an altimeter, especially with EGNOS.

Especially if you don't quite know the QNH for the place you are going to
IO540 is offline