Jeppesen charts? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Simon Hackett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 10:21 AM Subject: Re: [aus-soaring] Accident in the UK
> I agree - the VNC, extended nationally, would be a thing of beauty. > > Its really 'WAC + naviational overlays', and it works really well. > > Unsurprisingly, the equivalent thing (forget what it's called) in the > USA works just as well - and those -are- national, I think (at least, > everywhere I've flown in the USA I've had one available). > > It is those US maps which are the most telling reminder of how much > simpler a life we have here. The map for the San Francisco Bay area > is truly a mind-boggling thing. > > Amazingly, actually flying in that area isn't all that hard, because > underlying all that complexity are some pragmatic improvements in the > management of such complex airspace that haven't yet made it to > Australia > > (The simple example: flying over the top of a major airport at 5000 > feet in the 'Bay Area' is not a problem, unlike Australia where the > 'wedding cake' over major airports extends, quite uselessly IMHO, to > infinity. So you just fly straight over the top of most of the > complexity if you are transiting the area, and you are nowhere near > the landing and departing jets, and vice versa) > > Cheers, > Simon > > At 10:02 AM +1000 5/6/02, John Giddy wrote: > >Good post Simon. > >I have a bit of trouble using ERC low charts because they > >are to a different scale from WAC or Planning charts, so > >can't be just overlaid to show you exactly where the > >skydiving, gliding or balloon sites are in relation to the > >ground features. ERC charts are mainly for controlled > >traffic, as they depict standard routes etc, with very few > >geographic references, apart from the occasional large town. > >I would like it if the VNC chart series was expanded to > >cover a bit more of Australia. These charts show everything > >of interest to glider and GA pilots in an easily understood > >format. > >Cheers, John G. > > > > > -- > > > Simon Hackett, Technical Director, Internode Systems Pty Ltd > 31 York St [PO Box 284, Rundle Mall], Adelaide, SA 5000 Australia > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.internode.on.net > Phone: +61-8-8223-2999 Fax: +61-8-8223-1777 > > -- > * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. > * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > * with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message > * or with "help" in the body of the message for more information. > -- * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] * with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message * or with "help" in the body of the message for more information.
