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I've been away from flying for a while. I stopped flying at around the
time the government plates were rumored to be changing to a new format. I used to use Jepps. I picked up flying again recently. The pilot's store I went to was out of the Jepp express packs, so I decided to give the government plates a try. They're a lot better than I remember them - and appear to be pretty close to what the Jepps looked like when I stopped flying. Has anyone recently done a comparison to find out what the government plates lack? Here are a couple of things I noticed: 1. The alternate takeoff minima provide a climb gradient in ft/nm whereas I recall Jepps had them in fpm (for various ground speeds). It's not a big deal - you can just flip to a table that provides a correspondence between ground speed/gradient/fpm. 2. No NOTAMs. The gov's cost a whole lot less than the Jepps and you don't have to file plates every few weeks so unless there's a big drawback, I may just stick with the gov's. As an aside, what are people using to determine weather these days? I hated DUATS and I assume there are a lot of much better weather sources for pilots on the web these days. I've seen the AOPA weather materials, but is there something superior? Thanks |
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