On Mon, 6 Dec 2004 10:58:04 -0600, "Stan Prevost"
wrote:

Stan,

A few thoughts:

1. I'd worry about usability. I think the charts look OK on a PDF -- when
at home. But the situation I'd be using them in the air is that weather or
some emergency has put me in a position where I have to divert to some
probably unfamiliar airport. It would add to my workload to not have a
realy easy to see and interpret cockpit chart presentation, at a time when
the workload has already gone up.

I do carry backup electronic charts -- but I have them on a tablet PC,
where I can see the entire chart clearly, and don't have to scroll around.

2. Check out SeattleAviation's SmartPlates program as an alternative to
Sporty's DVD's. You can download all the NACO US charts, and then do the
cycle updates also over the Internet. The cost of the program is $100 and
then there's no subscription fees. Also, if you are away from home when
the updates come out, you can download them from wherever you happen to be
located.


--ron