Air Chart Systems - PIREP

Recently I purchased the VFR Air Chart Systems booklets. It comes in
two parts for the East and West regions. Although it seems to be a very
handy format, I was more than a little irked that it was not an exact
reproduction of the NACO charts. They had arbitrarily decided to crop
the charts around the U.S boundaries, leaving out large chunks of
airspace from the "Detroit", "Montreal" and "Lake Huron" sectionals. In
some areas, the chart is cropped in as little as 3 miles outside the
U.S. border, and in some areas it doesn't even extend to the U.S
border when the border fals over water. I don't know if there are other
parts of the country that have been similarly cropped out. I would hate
to find out while flying. Other than that, it seems to be a nice
product that could be useful in the cockpit. However, until they
include all parts of the NACO charts without arbitrary cropping, I am
returning my product for a refund.

I by NACO ifr charts once a year, in May, and subscribe to Air Charts
for updates. That works pretty well for me. YMMV.

vince norris