- that "phase radio-
altimeters" are most
suitable for
ground effect vehicles, as
compared to laser,
isotropic or
ultrasonic altimeters.
Lidar technology...
- Continuous-wave radar.
Radar altimeters normally work in the E band, Ka band, or, for more
advanced sea-level measurement, S band.
Radar altimeters also
provide a reliable...
- altitude.[citation needed]
Speaking altimeters (also
known as
voice altimeters)
combine both
audible and
visual altimeter functions.
Units of this type operate...
-
Altimeter setting is the
value of the
atmospheric pressure used to
adjust the
scale of a
pressure altimeter so that it
indicates the
height of an aircraft...
-
Altimeter Capital is an
American investment firm
based in Boston, M****achusetts and
Menlo Park, California. The firm
focuses on
technology investments...
-
radio waves used
permit the
altimeter to
automatically correct for
varying delays in the ionosphere.
Spaceborne radar altimeters have
proven to be superb...
- If
aircraft altimeters were not
calibrated consistently, then two
aircraft could be
flying at the same
altitude even
though their altimeters appeared to...
-
pressure altimeters (the most
basic and
common type of
altimeter) are
essentially the same instrument, but used for
different purposes. An
altimeter is intended...
- 1 inHg60 °F = 0.489 771 psi, or 2.041 771 inHg60 °F = 1 psi.
Aircraft altimeters measure the
relative pressure difference between the
lower ambient pressure...
- most
likely the
result of the
pilots misreading their three-pointer (3p)
altimeters by 10,000 feet. At the time of the accident,
United Airlines had 39 other...
