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Most of my students transition from sectionals to WACs at about 800-1000
hours PIC and never look back. I'd say more important is the altitude at which one flies. Low to the ground, even with a zillion hours, a WAC is next to useless. Up where you need oxygen, sectionals may lose their appeal. Jose r.a.misc trimmed -- Money: What you need when you run out of brains. for Email, make the obvious change in the address. |
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Doug wrote: The Aircharts have all the Class B and Class C areas on sectionals in the back. What do you mean by "air chart"? I'm looking at a 1994 WAC CG-21, which covers the area from Philadelphia to most of South Carolina. It does not have anything special for the Class B and C airports. Is this something new in the last 10 years? George Patterson He who would distinguish what is true from what is false must have an adequate understanding of truth and falsehood. |
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He is referring to a commerical product that comes in a big book. It has
the entire US in WAC charts, with Sectional detail of all Class C and B airspace. It is updated by subscription. They also sell sectional charts in big books (east and west versions) as well as IFR LO charts for the whole country. http://www.airchart.com/ Dave George Patterson wrote: Doug wrote: The Aircharts have all the Class B and Class C areas on sectionals in the back. What do you mean by "air chart"? I'm looking at a 1994 WAC CG-21, which covers the area from Philadelphia to most of South Carolina. It does not have anything special for the Class B and C airports. Is this something new in the last 10 years? George Patterson He who would distinguish what is true from what is false must have an adequate understanding of truth and falsehood. |
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The new issues later this year will have the identifiers added.
This is a great victory for EAA and AOPA, which have been clamoring for this addition for a long time. Adding the airport identifiers to WACs will make them much more usable, IMHO. I will probably switch to using them exclusively after this change takes place, since that has always been my biggest objection to using them in the past. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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I'd say more important is the altitude at which one flies. Low to the
ground, even with a zillion hours, a WAC is next to useless. Up where you need oxygen, sectionals may lose their appeal. True. But on a long cross country, even in the middle altitudes, WACs are so much nicer to deal with. In the past, we would carry sectionals for reference, but use WACs for planning and in-flight use. Now, with the airport identifiers being added to them, the sectionals will become superfluous. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Jay Honeck wrote: In the past, we would carry sectionals for reference, but use WACs for planning and in-flight use. Now, with the airport identifiers being added to them, the sectionals will become superfluous. I'll stay with sectionals. I want the radio frequency info. George Patterson He who would distinguish what is true from what is false must have an adequate understanding of truth and falsehood. |
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I'd say more important is the altitude at which one flies. Low to the
ground, even with a zillion hours, a WAC is next to useless. Up where you need oxygen, sectionals may lose their appeal. True. But on a long cross country, even in the middle altitudes, WACs are so much nicer to deal with. I guess you don't fly low cross countries. I like to go CT to FL at five hundred feet. A thousand over some parts. A WAC won't cut it there. Jose -- Money: What you need when you run out of brains. for Email, make the obvious change in the address. |
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I guess you don't fly low cross countries. I like to go CT to FL at five
hundred feet. A thousand over some parts. A WAC won't cut it there. What're you flying, Jose? -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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What're you flying, Jose?
A Dakota. Jose -- Money: What you need when you run out of brains. for Email, make the obvious change in the address. |
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