Peter Clark wrote:
I have no qualms with the view (and fully agree) that they're
expensive, monopolies are bad, and since they get their data from the
source originators (like the NOS, etc) we should also, at a minimum,
be able to get directly from NOS in an electronic form the source US
data for low/no cost similar to the way they distribute approach
plates now - free website, pretty cheap CD-ROM subscription, or pretty
cheap printed book.


Actually, you can purchase source data from the FAA, the main database
is called the National Flight Database:
http://naco.faa.gov/index.asp?xml=na...ts/digital/nfd

The problem is, unlike the NGA Publications (FLIP, DAFIF, ONC and TPC
charts, etc.), the FAA data only covers the US. So, when the NGA stuff
is gone, there will still be plenty of US info. But, if you're in
another country...

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Shane Partain
http://worldaerodata.com/


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