fredk

I knew that was off topic when I sent that last one, sorry. I didn't realize Ireland had that kind of negative number area! We've got Death Valley out west, at 282 feet below.

 I'm not surprised to hear of the whirlpools.

The lowest I've had to set my altimeter was at Sacramento, California. And that was above MSL at 25'. My flight training was in the East, primarily Michigan, 865'. You could fly anywhere in Michigan at 300' ASL and not hit anything. Most lately at Ft. Collins, Co. field elevation about 5000'. Not to far from here is Leadville, Colorado, at 9934', highest paved airport in the U.S. Most private aircraft can't even take off there on a warm day.

My plane at Leadville: