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Look at what's showing through the thin paper - it looks like a very
detailed airport diagram below it.




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http://faris.nerim.net/Bale.jpg


Nice plates... they don't indicate the runway directions on these plates
though, nor right-or-left-pattern requirements??? One would think
right-hand for rwy 16?

Look at what's showing through the thin paper - it looks like a very
detailed airport diagram below it.



YEP! Better visual perception than some contributors here!
If you want to see the other five pages of the document(!) you can look here :
http://www.sia.aviation-civile.gouv..../VAC/B/VAC%20A
D%202.LFSB.pdf

I only published it because I've always been amused by the coffin and cross
appearance of it. Not to everyone's bemusement, I guess.

The red dot is not an obstacle, but a restricted area. It's explained in the
text.Not all airports in France get six full pages of VFR approach
information. Many have just one page - two sides, but the information is
pretty complete and well presented.

On the down side, the French charts, 1/1,000,000 and 1/500,000, equaivlents to
WAC's and sectionals, though well made, containg less navigational information
than the US counterparts. You don't get runway lengths and pattern
indications, which means you "must" have another source of information. In the
US, it is possible to operate safely to a VFR airport with nothing but a
sectional.

G Faris