matejcek@parvax.DEC (04/11/85)
>I beg your pardon, loss of altimeter should also mean loss of Mode C altitude >information (where else does the X-ponder get it's information from?). > >-- >Stephen C. Woods (VA Wadsworth Med Ctr./UCLA Dept. of Neurology) >uucp: { {ihnp4, uiucdcs}!bradley, hao, trwrb}!cepu!scw >ARPA: cepu!scw@ucla-cs location: N 34 3' 9.1" W 118 27' 4.3" *** LOTS *** of planes -- sepecially thoses use for serious IFR -- are equipped either with two altimeters or a 'blind' encoding altimeter, fully separate from the primary altimeter.