Scott Moore wrote:

wrote:

John Harper wrote:



their chart products to force people to subscribe. I don't like being
blackmailed at any time, and the NOS charts are fine - I prefer Jepp but not
THAT much - so that's the end of Jepp as far as I'm concerned.



If your instrument flying is limited to the U.S. why not forget Jeppesen and,
instead, use the new NACO vector-graphics charts, which are free.

There used to be a real issue of print quality of the bitmap NACO charts offered
by AOPA and others. Not so now that NACO has provided the charts in vector
graphics and, unlike Jeppesen, in a very convenient stand-alone Acrobat file
format. And, when you print out the NACO chart on a good printer it is full
page without any license BS cluttering the top of the chart.

If you fly internationally, then you're stuck with Jepps. In that case, money
usually isn't a big deal so you shower Jeppesen with lots of long green for
extensive international coverage.


So is there some good software for cockpit computers that integrates the
NACO charts in a reasonable way ? I can't see fooling with acrobat
reader every time I need to bring up an approach....

If you buy the NACO DVD and load it onto your computer it is fairly friendly, but I
wouldn't want to use it as primary. Printed charts (which look really good from a
good laser) for what you anticipate, then the electronic form as a backup for
contingincies.

As I've said before, if your flying "all over the place" IFR this won't work well;
neither does Jeppesen's JeppView, except in a two-person flight deck with certified
displays ($$$$$).