Low Pressure Query
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Low Pressure Query
I have a question regarding low pressure settings and require your input...
What is the recommended procedure if you are given a altimeter pressure setting which is lower than can be set on the altimeter subscale i.e 940mb?
Thanks TF
What is the recommended procedure if you are given a altimeter pressure setting which is lower than can be set on the altimeter subscale i.e 940mb?
Thanks TF
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Set QNE
You ask the airfield what your altimeter will read, on landing, when you have the subscale set to 1013.2 hPa or 29.92in (QNE).
I know a bloke who almost had to do it, taking a 737 into Luton on the night of 15th October 1987, the night of Michael Fish's Hurricane that wasn't. The pressure dipped to 95 something hPa.
I know another bloke, who knows yet another bloke, who once had to do it (allegedly)!
I know a bloke who almost had to do it, taking a 737 into Luton on the night of 15th October 1987, the night of Michael Fish's Hurricane that wasn't. The pressure dipped to 95 something hPa.
I know another bloke, who knows yet another bloke, who once had to do it (allegedly)!
Last edited by Georgeablelovehowindia; 24th Dec 2010 at 09:38.
