----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Hornstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 2:54 PM Subject: Re: [canals-list] Re: Boat trouble with GPS positioning
> >Hence the pilot's mnemonic "Query Newlyn Harbour" for QNH, meaning >>the altimeter setting for height above sea level (c.f. QFE) > > Heh, you learn something new every day! Although the Q-codes are not > part of the modern private pilot curriculum in the US, I've always > wondered where they came from (I've only heard the old-timers and some > of the glider pilots talk about them). But it's not clear to me if QNH > was intentional or a backronym. I think coincidence. (and I hadn't heard that one before) See www.kloth.net/radio/qcodes.php -- Iain
