Not wishing to drive this one into the ground even further but a law that required the carriage of
paper charts would be meaningless unless it specified the exact type.
So................. which type?
For the
UK you have
- CAA 250k
- CAA 500k
- Jepp 500k
- the new 1M (Transair - hey that one alone has got to be worth another 100GB of proon bandwidth; who is going to kick it off while I am away in the gym+yoga?)
- the French ones below show parts of the southern UK
- ONC/TPC charts
- Jepp airways charts (low level assumed)
- Aerad airways charts (unreadable)
For
France you have
- IGN (various)
- SIA 1M
- Cartabossy 1M
- Jepp 500k
- the above CAA ones show parts of N France
- ONC/TPC charts
- Jepp airways charts (low level assumed)
- Aerad airways charts (unreadable)
Zee message should be obvious by now
Flying all-electronic has to be 100% legal, notwithstanding the countless recent banal press releases about the FAA etc "approving" the use of the Ipad in the cockpit. There is nothing to approve for private flight (Part 91 in N-reg speak).
Anybody flying all-electronic without a backup is going to get bitten in the bum one day
In a VFR-Europe presentation I did recently I suggested people plan and fly with the printed paper charts; got some criticism for it but I am sticking with it. There is a lot going for it. But it's not a legal requirement (in Europe, as far as anybody knows).
I cannot see how a moving map GPS
reduces SA. SA is all about knowing where you are in 3D relative to relevant airspace etc around you. A moving map delivers that on a plate - which is why so many old geezers (esp. in the flight training business) hate it; it takes away all the "precious old skills". The truth is that Columbus would have instantly traded half his crew for the crappiest old GPS
There have been recent fatal mid air collisions between light aircraft equipped with GPS.
You mean the one with ~1000kt closing speeds over Brazil?
Yes that one would be blamed squarely on the superb accuracy of GPS (laterally) and good baro accuracy of RVSM (vertically) but the solution is to fly slightly to one side of the track - as I believe Virgin and BA do over Africa.
Also, it would not suprise me that 99% of pilots who died in mid-airs had milk for breakfast. Ergo.......
It is feasible that over-concentration on the display may have prevented an effective lookout. In VFR flying one's eyes should be mostly outside, GPS encourages the pilot to stare inside.
No it doesn't. That is flat wrong. You are flogging the same old prejudice. GPS delivers you SA on a plate so you do very little work to navigate, leaving you to look outside much more - for traffic, instead of looking out for that little lake with a roundabout next to it, or whatever. Frankly I don't think you are aware of anything made since about year 2000 because what you write just doesn't stack up alongside reality.