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Old 2nd Apr 2016, 08:39
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Originally Posted by hinhin
Assume when a local altimeter setting is set, the altimeter should read 0, instead of the true altitude at field elevation, right?
Your choice - you can choose to set QFE (it reads zero) or QNH (it reads true altitude of the field). If the question doesn't specify which, then it is unanswerable.
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