altitude reading

Last altitude reading was six thousand and descending, course three-four-three."

Our altitude readings inched higher, but the temperature outside the hull did not fall more than a few degrees.

It is adjustable for local barometric pressure which must be set correctly to obtain accurate altitude readings.

I'll call out altitude readings.

Duckworth called altitude readings as they closed the stern, drifting toward the tower so slowly they seemed to be hovering against the wind.

The onboard Tactical Air Navigation System, which only retained the last measured altitude, gave an altitude reading of 468 feet.

Prokofiev's altitude readings, reported by radio, were immediately re-broadcast by TASS and United Press.

Ritchie, concerned that MiGs might be at an altitude above them, made continuous requests for altitude readings to both Disco and Red Crown.

Altitude readings by G.P.S. are good when averaged over time, but in the short run they include jumps of dozens of feet when the satellite constellation changes.

In aviation, aircraft are equipped with radar devices that warn of aircraft or other obstacles in or approaching their path, display weather information, and give accurate altitude readings.

Conditions on Mars are so different from those on Earth that Martian altitude readings should not be directly compared to Earthly ones for purposes of finding life, potential colony sites, etc..

He took quick altitude readings, checked his compass, trimmed the flaps, did a quick calculation on his speed, and squinted ahead toward the shoreline, which was coming up in plain sight ahead of him.

Although the military deliberately introduces errors in signals meant for civilian use, the error is rarely as much as a hundred yards and typically much less than that, though altitude readings tend to be particularly unreliable.

According to the safety board, a partial blockage of the pressure-sensing openings would create a lag in airspeed and altitude readings "that will cause the readings to be too low while climbing and too high while descending."

This claim is disputed because it is only based on Mutke's memory of the incident, which recalls effects other Me 262 pilots observed below the speed of sound at high indicated airspeed, but with no altitude reading required to determine the actual speed.

Expert commentators have noted that the flight navigator, who was listing the altitude readings on the transcript, was referring to the radar altimeter (which gives height above ground) rather than the pressure altimeter (which would provide the height relative to the level of the runway).

Due to a number of navigation errors in respect to the radio compass bearings and altitude readings, the Silver City Bristol Freighter crashed near the summit of Winter Hill, five miles (8 km) south-east of Chorley, Lancashire at 9:45 am on 27 February 1958.