X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 10:11:09 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [70.62.14.124] (HELO ustek.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.11) with ESMTP id 4652227 for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 23 Dec 2010 09:58:25 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=70.62.14.124; envelope-from=r.simon@ustek.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01CBA2B2.4F6ACC8E" Subject: RE: Aussie flight rules Content-class: urn:content-classes:message X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 X-Original-Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 09:58:39 -0500 X-Original-Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Aussie flight rules Thread-Index: AcuisZsG7w8DBITNRyau+tAKaU4OgA== From: "Lancair" X-Original-Sender: "Robert Simon" X-Original-To: "Frederick Moreno" , This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01CBA2B2.4F6ACC8E Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <<< An obsolete term you still see now and then is QFE which setting the altimeter to zero at the field elevation to know your elevation above the ground directly with no mental math. Probably used during training on flat ground long, long ago. >>> =09 =20 QFE is still used by many in the soaring community. =20 Robert M. Simon ES-P N301ES ------_=_NextPart_001_01CBA2B2.4F6ACC8E Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

<<< = An obsolete term = you still see now and then is QFE which setting the altimeter to = zero at the field elevation to know your elevation above the ground = directly with no mental math. Probably used during training on = flat ground long, long ago. >>>

QFE is still used by many in the soaring = community.

Robert M. Simon

ES-P = N301ES

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