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FAA To Start Charging For Online Charts, No Access For Individuals
The days of inexpensive navigation and chart apps for your mobile devices appear to be numbered with the FAA's announcement that it will begin charging for downloads that were previously free starting April 5, 2012. A story in the December issue of our sister publication Aviation Consumer says the Aeronautical Navigational Products Directorate (Aeronav), which currently makes the latest charts and other navigational products available online for free, says it has to recover the costs… (www.avweb.com) Ещё...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I had Jep books for years. I started buying the NOS approach procedures (now Faa) and have for years. I purchase the areas that I normally need, and get the areas for special flights from Sportys. I want the option of having all the procedures for my route of flight. The price is a bargain for the peace of mind and the folks that take care of the subscription are nice to deal with!
to all the MS flight sim pilots and pilots who use flight sim, don't worry about your charts. Flight sim is a static model and doesn't change with the times. I suggest you continue to use your existing charts or buy from sportys the us terminal procedures dvd. this will have everything you need in charts at a reasonable price. I have brought high/low and sectional charts that have expired but work just find for most of my collection of MS flight sims.
I'd add that you still have until April to download anything you need for free from the current FAA site. Approach plates, AF/D, VFR,IFR, and WAC, it's all on there. Print off only what you need, it's pretty handy.
So I guess that none of you own boats, the nav charts are not free and if you have an automobile nav system they charge too so grow up folks!
We can save money by firing the person that made this decision.
We pay for paper charts, why should electronic charts be free? We pay for the info, not the paper. Kindle owners pay for books even though its just bits. Free charts is a not a right. Without collecting these fees the charts might just disappear and we'll be paying profit focused firms whatever the market will bear.