Jeppeson

Mxsmanic wrote in
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And so on. In summary, if no document exists that says you must have an
operative GPS with a current database to fly, and you are not relying on
the GPS as your sole means of navigation, you can fly with a non-current
database. Nevertheless, if you have an accident because you used expired
data from the database, you can still get in trouble, because either (1)
it was in fact your sole means of navigation, in which case you were
negligent in not keeping it current; or (2) it was not your only means
of navigation but you failed to cross-check it against other sources
that were current, which is also negligent on your part.

Exactly.

So therefore, as I stated at the beginning of this painful thread, if one
does not want to pay $760 to update his GPS database, he certainly DOES have
a choice. Several choices in fact.