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Old 12th Jul 2014, 00:33
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Bob Viking
 
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Why do the RAF still use QFE?

BB.
Genuine apologies, I thought you were being facetious. Most of our altimeters will wind down to about 850 mb/hp so once you get up to airfields about 3000' amsl QFE becomes tricky. Hope that answers your question.
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