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Originally Posted by Osprey
I don't know where you are from Crump but there's no such thing as a standard day in England. We have a hosepipe ban here, yet as I write it's chucking down a ton of rain - typically British.
According to your logic the German engines are also affected, so they must be producing loads of power over in standard France but by the time they arrived in sunny England they were down to a couple of hundred HP.  |
Osprey,
This is the kind of baloney that adds nothing to the credibility of participants in this thread.
It concretely demonstrates you have no idea how aircraft work.
Standard Day exists everywhere in aviation and is very important. It is the atmospheric conditions that most of the data you see is converted too. Aircraft performance varies greatly based on density altitude, including your engines power development.
And yes, conditions do change but not based on any countries borders. Why do you think the very first thing Air Traffic Control will relay to you as a pilot, is the altimeter setting?
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Issue the altimeter setting:
1. To en route aircraft at least one time while operating in your area of jurisdiction. Issue the setting for the nearest reporting station along the aircraft's route of flight:
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http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publi...c/atc0207.html