I am personally "pro jepp" for my own reasons, but when you want to
compare Jepp service to NOS.. keep in mind with NOS you are discarding
your charts and getting new ones every 56 days wether you use them or not.

The Jepp service being quoted here is (in my estimation) for receiving
biweekly updates that you have to file and replace yourself. You can get
new content every year for $40, or you can keep going with individual
plates as long as they will last (Jepp gives you a number of free
replacement plates in the package for the asking)

I'm sure if you compared apples to apples, and priced the Jepp Service
that sends you complete new sets of plates every 56 days (They call it Q
service, and send additional revisions every two weeks that you can add
in) the Jepp Price will be substantially more (double?) for Q service
than for the "regular" service people compare so readily to NOS.

Dave

Marco Leon wrote:
You're right Paul. I'm sure you can get some deals on it but even at
$3.19/book, and $3.00 shipping, the difference is $205 vs. $255. All the
threads make it seem like Jepps are *much* more expensive and they're really
not. The point is that Jepp's edge in quality (which most agree there is an
edge) is reasonably priced.

Marco Leon




"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
...

In a previous article, "Marco Leon" mmleon(at)yahoo.com said:

Let's see, for the same coverage, I would need 4 NOS books @ $4.25 each.

You don't have to pay list. I subscribe through flyairways.com, and pay
$3.19 per NOS book.


That's $17.00 every 28 days which equals $221/year. If you factor in the
shipping for the charts @ $5 per shipment, that's $65.

So all things being equal (specifically the convenience of delivery
service), we are talking about $286 (NOS) versus $255 (Jepp).

Or considerably less for NOS delivered to your door if you actually shop
around a bit.


Personally, 90% of my flying is in New York and Ontario. So I subscribe
to the NOS and Canadian charts I need for that, and when I have a trip to
somewhere else it's easy to pick up another state or two at the local
pilot shop, like I did for Oshkosh or Parent's Weekend at my
step-daughter's college. I tried the Howie Keefe system for approach
charts and found it too much of a pain to keep up to date.

--
Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
"Once you have an emergency, the airplane belongs to the insurance

company.

Concentrate on saving people on the ground, your passengers, and yourself,
in that order. Saving the plane is not on the list."