Anyone use Air Chart?

I have Airchart Systems Aviation Topographic Atlas and VFR Enroute Atlas,
they came with my airplane when I bought it a couple years ago. Times used
in flight, zero. Renew? No.

I thought seriously about going for their whole package as I'm covering most
of the eastern US this summer in one trip. I wanted the VFR/IFR package
with approach charts. If one is going to use all those charts more than a
couple times spread out over the course of a year, it's worth it. Otherwise
most people would be paying for alot of stuff they'll never use, or use only
once. The VFR Enroute Atlas, unless they've changed it since 2000, is
pretty worthless, IMO. Nearly all of that info is available to me by other
means.

The Topographic Atlas I like, cool to glance at every now and then. The
Class C charts in the back are nice. But the Class B charts are not from
the associated Terminal Area Chart, it's from the sectional, as is the Class
C's. So you may still need to buy a TAC chart or two, or several.
I assume the IFR book is probably pretty good, although I havent seen it and
guess you have to pencil-in changes. The price is a little high for
everything, but they look like they put alot of work into their atlas's, the
topographic one anyway.

Instead I just went through Sporty's and bought what I needed for this trip,
and got a subscription to the charts I use year round. One hassle is this
trip crosses over two 56 day cycles, so a couple I need to buy two cycles,
and find the right ones on the road - although Sportys said they'd send it
out to where I was, pretty cool getting flight charts from the hotels front
desk.

Anyway, theres my 2 cents,
Chris


"Steven Barnes" wrote in message
om...

I saw an ad in AOPA for www.airchart.com . Does anyone have any
experience
with these charts? My flight instructor recently got them. For someone
that
does a bit of traveling, it sounds like a great deal. I'm curious how
practical they are (in-flight usage, not able to draw the big 'ol line
across 2 or 3 sectionals, etc).

Thanks.




PP-ASEL

I used to use Sporty's. I now use Avmaps.com. They are quite a bit cheaper
than Sporty's and they only charge the actual shipping, not the inflated
shipping and handling Sporty's does.

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--Ray Andraka, P.E.
President, the Andraka Consulting Group, Inc.
401/884-7930 Fax 401/884-7950
email
http://www.andraka.com

"They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little
temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-Benjamin Franklin, 1759

That's not correct.
Sporty's charges only actual shipping costs on chart subscriptions.

However, if you buy charts outside of a subscription, they charge according
to their "standard shipping and handling" table.



"Ray Andraka" wrote in message
...
I used to use Sporty's. I now use Avmaps.com. They are quite a bit
cheaper
than Sporty's and they only charge the actual shipping, not the inflated
shipping and handling Sporty's does.

--
--Ray Andraka, P.E.

Sporty's pack them in separate packages for L charts, AFDs, VFR charts and
TERPs. My cost going to avmaps is about 60% of what I was paying to Sporty's.
On an IFR revision cycle, I got 3 separate packages, each with $5+ shipping
charges. Avmaps packs them all in one package, and the shipping totals less
than $10, plus they include the VFR charts in the same package if they are near
expiration.

MichaelR wrote:

That's not correct.
Sporty's charges only actual shipping costs on chart subscriptions.

However, if you buy charts outside of a subscription, they charge according
to their "standard shipping and handling" table.

"Ray Andraka" wrote in message
...
I used to use Sporty's. I now use Avmaps.com. They are quite a bit
cheaper
than Sporty's and they only charge the actual shipping, not the inflated
shipping and handling Sporty's does.

--
--Ray Andraka, P.E.

--
--Ray Andraka, P.E.
President, the Andraka Consulting Group, Inc.
401/884-7930 Fax 401/884-7950
email
http://www.andraka.com

"They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little
temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-Benjamin Franklin, 1759