Neal wrote:


In an emergency in unfamiliar territory when you hit that NRST button
and it steers you towards that airport that shows to be in gliding
range, and you turn that direction and establish your glide only to
find a brand new neighborhood full of freshly built houses instead of
a runway...

Well stated. Even in an emergency you're required to use *current*
information appropriate to the PIC's intended course of action. How current
the database needs to be as to airport information is a question that would
only be answered by the arm-chair quarterbacks.~