QFE and QNH
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QFE and QNH
I have a student who has difficulty distinguishing QFE from QNH. Sometime (along time ago) I remember reading a couple of superb acronyms that helped a lot in this respect.
Can anyone help?
Can anyone help?
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I'm not an instructor but I used to remember QFE as 'F for field', and, QNH as 'N for Nautical'.
Easy way to remember which is which, so I thought.
Good luck with the student's mental block. It'll go soon.
FB
PS I am a diving instructor for fun & met a few mental blocks, usually along the lines of mask clearing.
Easy way to remember which is which, so I thought.
Good luck with the student's mental block. It'll go soon.
FB
PS I am a diving instructor for fun & met a few mental blocks, usually along the lines of mask clearing.
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QFE = Field Elevation, QNH = Nautical Height.
That's not what they mean but it helps remember them. The second one's a bit iffy since heights above sea level are usually called altitudes but it's a good start.
That's not what they mean but it helps remember them. The second one's a bit iffy since heights above sea level are usually called altitudes but it's a good start.
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I started this when living in the North of England (well - North West, actually)...
QFE is the pressure "for 'ere"
QNH is the pressure for "not here".
QFE is the pressure "for 'ere"
QNH is the pressure for "not here".
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student needs brain wash
Hi
Tell your student
QFE : Height above the ground
QNH : Altitude above mean sea level
if still cant remember throw him from the air to work out the height which is QFE
Tell your student
QFE : Height above the ground
QNH : Altitude above mean sea level
if still cant remember throw him from the air to work out the height which is QFE
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Thanks for those they're all useful.
It was the Field Elevation and Nautical Height one that I had seen before (but forgotten). However I really like the "For 'ere" and "Not Here"
Tinny, it's bad enough trying to get the studes to fly a circuit at 1000ft agl let alone get them to think about the airfiled elevation as well...... now where did I put my spare mental capacity?
Cheers all
It was the Field Elevation and Nautical Height one that I had seen before (but forgotten). However I really like the "For 'ere" and "Not Here"
Tinny, it's bad enough trying to get the studes to fly a circuit at 1000ft agl let alone get them to think about the airfiled elevation as well...... now where did I put my spare mental capacity?
Cheers all
