Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site terak.UUCP
Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!whuxl!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!hao!noao!terak!doug
From: doug@terak.UUCP (Doug Pardee)
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Re: Pressure vs Altitude
Message-ID: <500@terak.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 12-Apr-85 11:09:39 EST
Article-I.D.: terak.500
Posted: Fri Apr 12 11:09:39 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 18-Apr-85 02:09:20 EST
References: <14890@mgwess.UUCP> <3549@alice.UUCP>
Organization: Terak Corporation, Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Lines: 10

> If I flew a lot of IFR, I would probably invest in a backup altimeter.

And a backup altimeter needn't be expensive.  I mean, this discussion
started with a description of using the MAP gauge as a crude altimeter.
I would think that the $5 automotive altimeters you find in the auto
section at K-Mart would be as accurate.  Toss one in your flight bag,
along with some tape or something to stick it to the instrument panel
when the primary altimeter takes a powder.  Maybe a mag compass, too?
-- 
Doug Pardee -- Terak Corp. -- !{hao,ihnp4,decvax}!noao!terak!doug