https://tghaviation.com/aircraft-instrument-services Aircraft Instrument Services Tue, 08 Aug 2023 04:58:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://tghaviation.com/aircraft-instrument-services/wp-content/uploads/cropped-website-3-32x32.jpg https://tghaviation.com/aircraft-instrument-services 32 32 https://tghaviation.com/aircraft-instrument-services/how-to-read-a-3-pointer-altimeter/ Tue, 01 Dec 2015 23:40:25 +0000 http://tghaviation.com/aircraft-instrument-services/?p=418 How to Read a 3 Pointer Altimeter A three-pointer altimeter, as its name implies, has three different pointers on the front dial. They are the 100-foot pointer, the 1000-foot pointer, and the 10,000-foot pointer. The medium length pointer is the 100-foot pointer, the shortest pointer is the 1000-foot pointer, and the longest pointer is the 10,000-foot … Continue reading How to Read a 3 Pointer Altimeter

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