"Cub Driver" wrote in message
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I've been told (never been ramp-checked myself) that the FAA guy can
interpret this to mean that your chart must be current.

I know this is a prevalent story, but I have never read of any enforcement
action on this.

It is very clear that the FAA's standard does not require any sectional
chart at all for flight in your traffic pattern or the immediate vicinity of
your airport. Is having an old chart onboard worse than no chart? No.

I always do have current charts onboard for wherever I plan to fly, and when
I fly cross-country I often carry with me expired charts for areas quite a
bit off course but where theoretically I might divert in a doomsday
situation. Does having those just-in-case expired charts make me less
safe? No, of course not.

Again, I do not believe there has ever been an enforcement action on this
issue, nor could/should there be one.

Again, you DO clearly need current IFR charts -- but even there, what's
wrong with carrying expired charts for places you don't plan to go unless
some one-in-a-million weather or mechanical event occurs?

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Richard Kaplan, CFII

www.flyimc.com