An aircraft is flying over the Alps on a very cold winter's day. The regional QNH is 1013 hPa. During the flight, you circle around a mountain at an altitude of its summit. What reading will the aneroid altimeter give, compared to the elevation of the summit?

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Question ATPL - Airline Transport Pilot license - Meteorology

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A higher altitude than the elevation of the summit

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The same altitude as the elevation of the summit

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A lower altitude than the elevation of the summit

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Id 42 - ATPL - An aircraft is flying over the Alps on a very cold winter's day. The regional QNH is 1013 hPa. During the flight, you circle around a mountain at an altitude of its summit. What reading will the aneroid altimeter give, compared to the elevation of the summit?