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Old 9th Feb 2002, 22:38
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Question

Hugmonster, I must be really thick or getting old.

The lower temperature would cause the altimeter to read higher. So my airport is at 7,000' and with the lower temperature my altimeter would read say 7,300'. But as you corrected me, increasing the altimeter setting would raise the indicated altitude instead of bringing it down to indicate field elevation.

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