Ah, yes, that WAS the point. And perhaps another good reason to have the
altimeter read field elevation rather than zero.
John

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"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
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John T Lowry wrote:

However, I fail to see what all this fuss is about.

The fuss is that you can't set the altimeter so that it reads 0 when on
the ramp
at Leadville (or many places lower than that).

George Patterson
Battle, n; A method of untying with the teeth a political knot that
would
not yield to the tongue.