On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 00:30:50 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Liquorice"
wrote:

You are falling into the same trap as the journo's. The instrument says
9947 so it must have actually reached that altitude, a bad assumption.

No I'm not :-)

I'm confirming that the instrument was registering what was reported,
nothing more.

--
Alan White
Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, overlooking Lochs Long and Goil in Argyll, Scotland.

Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/weather