Hello there DoT........something like that, whose counting anyways
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G'day DonQuixote23...........bingo
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Hoy RVDT.......it's all visual ops up in the heavens for what we're doing so it's all lookin' at them thar big peaks
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Morning John....yes Your right Mate, we are basically setting a QNH referencing off the already known heights & comparing them with the GPS which both ring true & match. As it is all visual the altimeter doesn't mean that much, it's eyeballing that carries the greater weight.
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To Right fadecdegraded.....this baby has landed on Everest twice & traveled to the outer realms of Earth's atmosphere. Sure as hell wouldn't wanna be exceeding Ng or T4 or Torque (errr torque, forgotten what that is). But service ceiling & performance is really more about the Pilot not the RFM which can be waaaay out up there
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Namaste ScotiaQ........I doubt going >23,K' is gonna break anything unless the PIC does sumting shtooopid which is just as easily possible <23,K'
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Hi toptobottom....yep sure have, lots of important stuff missing like highest accident rate World wide, highest insurance premiums World wide, EASA & ICAO black banns in place for years & still! cheapest charter rates around with those insurance premiums with undercutting, price gauging, competition errr, nuff said here
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