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Old 15th Mar 2017, 19:41
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DaveReidUK
 
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Originally Posted by Escape Path
For all this talk about wrong altimeter setting...it's a sea level airport. The pressure differential (between std and actual) is not that high
Are you seriously suggesting that the difference between standard 1013.2 mb and on the day QNH 1019 mb (about 150') isn't significant on approach ?

and the altitude error resulting from a missed (with a D not a T) altimeter setting
misset: to set, adjust or calibrate something incorrectly
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