the wheels.


"TheSmokingGnu" wrote
in message ...
| Here's one that may seem silly: to what height, precisely,
is an
| altimeter calibrated to?
|
| The bottom of the landing gear? The height of the static
port? the chord
| line of the fuselage? In a Cessna, the difference between
these is
| minimal, but on an airliner, you're talking about a
possible +/- 10-15
| feet (even discounting the radar altimeter).
|
| What is the answer, o Swammi of Salami?
|
| TheSmokingGnu