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"Peter Duniho" wrote in message ...
"David Rind" wrote in message ... 1) What do people like to use for flight planning for something like this? Laying multiple sectionals on the floor next to each other seems a bit painful. When a sectional doesn't include enough real estate, get yourself a World Aeronautical Chart. Well, for planning a Boston to Key West trip, I'm not entirely sure that 3 WAC charts is a big improvement on 5 sectionals spread over the floor. Still rather unwieldy. If one is going to plan on paper, the thing is to buy the low-altitude planning chart. If planning an E-W trip across the middle of the thing, buy two, they're cheap and can be reused until they fall apart. FWIW, I don't like the WAC charts; they don't have the three letter abbreviations for airports, which makes it harder to relate the chart to the database in a GPS. And, if one really needs info about the terrain for some reason, they're not sufficiently detailed. If one just wants some VFR charts as backup to IFR enroutes, they're OK I guess. We buy them sometimes when the choice is between 4 sectionals vs 1 WAC. OTOH, I don't like Aeroplanner Tripticks either. They're a great idea, but on long trips (~900 mile-ish) it's just not uncommon for us to have to detour outside the area they cover. I did a set for our CFI and friend on one of his last long trips, and he came back w/ the same evaluation. Just a modest detour for afternoon t-storms took him off the edge of the triptick. Cheers, Sydney |
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