From the past written exam questions published by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, I will explain ...

Question: I'm a student pilot with about five hours experience and yesterday the CFI distracted me and, when I looked away, he reset the altimeter so it was a couple of hundred feet off. Of course, I ...

A 1995 MD-83 incident at Bradley Field, where the aircraft struck trees during an instrument approach, underscored the dangers of incorrect or outdated altimeter settings (QFE and non-current QNH), ...

French investigation authority BEA believes the prevalence of ILS approaches has obscured an underlying vulnerability of aircraft to the risk of terrain collision arising from incorrect altimeter ...

ATC reads your aircraft's altitude from the transponder, which broadcasts pressure altitude (referenced to 29.92 Hg), not your altimeter's Kollsman window setting. While ATC doesn't see your specific ...