By: atc pal - 22nd March 2004 at 08:18
In fact we don’t “read” hectoPascal out (well certain people do to spend more time on the air!)
We say “(altitude) 2.000 feet, QNH 1019”
Long time since I’ve had an “Inch” altimeter aircraft. Do we read 29 point 92 (American) to avoid confusion with 992 (hPa).
“Point” should of course be “decimal” but I have a feeling there is two syllabus’s (bi?) aughh no English spelling control!) too many for the fast Americans.:cool:
Best regards
(Atmospheric pressure is constanly changing. Change, therefore, should beconstanly noted. The unit of measurement is now called the hectopascal although the old, familiar term milibar slips out occasionally, even from meteorologists.)
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March 21, 2004 at 4:01 pm