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 Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 6:12 am Post subject: 601XL -You Can't Always Trust ATIS |
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Zenith Drivers, last Saturday morning I was flying to Tennessee from south Georgia. I was at 5500 feet and had been flying about 90 minutes. As I got close to Chattanooga airspace I flipped to ATIS for an altimeter update. I listened twice for the setting and it was 30.10. So I corrected the altimeter and up it went to 7200 feet! That just was not right. I checked my GPS which always reads about 250 feet low and it was at 5250. But I did not change back. I landed a while later at Hardwick and there was a 1700 foot difference in my altimeter and the field level. Just goes to show you got to trust your plane and your eyeballs. ATIS is only as good as the fellows that program it. Best wishs and blue skys, Bill of Georgia
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Gig Giacona
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Location: El Dorado Arkansas USA
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| Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 8:12 am Post subject: Re: 601XL -You Can't Always Trust ATIS |
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I had that happen once flying near Little Rock AR. I reported it to LIT Approach. They took the ATIS offline for about 5 minutes when it came back it was right.
| japhillipsga(at)aol.com wrote: | Zenith Drivers, last Saturday morning I was flying to Tennessee from south Georgia. I was at 5500 feet and had been flying about 90 minutes. As I got close to Chattanooga airspace I flipped to ATIS for an altimeter update. I listened twice for the setting and it was 30.10. So I corrected the altimeter and up it went to 7200 feet! That just was not right. I checked my GPS which always reads about 250 feet low and it was at 5250. But I did not change back. I landed a while later at Hardwick and there was a 1700 foot difference in my altimeter and the field level. Just goes to show you got to trust your plane and your eyeballs. ATIS is only as good as the fellows that program it. Best wishs and blue skys, Bill of Georgia
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