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Old 6th Aug 2008, 11:59
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I've just had a look at the powerpoint presentation, not seen a real chart yet, but there are some improvements over current Aerad charts.

IMHO good things:
Approach lights box on approach plate
Engine failure SIDs on SID plate - about time!
ILS frequency in top box <and> by navaid on approach chart
Frequencies on SID/STAR charts (UK Aerad already do this, but a lot of Europe ones do not)
DME scale on bottom of Approach chart

Bad things:
Small text, hard to see at night or for oldies
DME scale on approach chart does not state which DME it uses, for airfields with 2 DME's this is potentially confusing
MSA's on plan - what indicates they are MSA's and not highest ground level? (used to say M on page number, ie M5Mmeans MSA plate)
Altitudes are less clear than before, the line above/below is excellent so why did they remove it?
Names of places are in local language - disaster! I have no idea what a load of places are called in their own language - how do I find them?

I'm sure I'll come across more when I actually use them.
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