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Elements of Flight-Instruments - Level 1

• ALTIMETER

• The ALTIMETER tells the pilot how high the airplane is above sea level .  On the dial you will find three indicator arms, one to indicate height in hundred foot increments, one to indicate height in thousand foot increments and one to indicate height in ten thousand foot increments.  As the arm of the 1000 foot indicator is between 7 and 8, and the arm of 100 foot indicator is on 5 and the small arm of 10000 foot indicator is between 0 and 1, the indicated altitude is 7,500 feet.

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Updated: March 12, 2004