When you put your aircraft away at night the altimeter set to the elevation of the airport
reads 520 feet. During the night a low pressure area moves over the airport and the
atmospheric pressure drops sharply. On checking the altimeter the next morning you
would expect the indicated altitude to be
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higher than 520 feet.
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The object of "swinging" a compass is to minimize error and record the
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deviation on various headings.
Every owner of an aircraft shall preserve the Aircraft Journey Log for
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two years after the date of the last entry in the log.
Unless otherwise noted, cloud bases are forecast in height
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ASL in the Area Forecast and AGL in the TAF.
When turning from downwind to base leg for landing, a strong wind could cause a pilot
to experience an illusion of
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skidding
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