"BTIZ" wrote in message
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ok.. I may be backwards... I don't normally define the use of Q settings..

The bottom line is, the discussion was brought up with the AF T-Bird doing
acro and not computing the altitude needed at the top of a maneuver to
safely pull out above ground level. Some argue to set the altimeter to
zero
elevation before takeoff. It just can't be done in many places out west.

IIRC, this discussion earlier revealed that the T-bird pilots have
super-wizzo-thingummy altimeters that can indeed set QFE at high elevations.
Granted, yours and mine can't.

-- David Brooks