Pressure altitude is the height above a standard datum plane (29.92 inHg at sea level), used to calculate aircraft performance in non-standard atmospheric conditions. It's calculated using the formula ...
Walking through most process plants or remote facilities, an observer will encounter a sizeable collection of temperature and pressure instruments. Without knowledge of the two critical parameters of ...
Although density altitude does reduce performance of an aircraft, it doesn't automatically keep you on the ground. [Credit: Shutterstock] A student pilot mistakenly believed any reported density ...