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Approach Plates

Postby dakota-flyer » Thu Feb 24, 2005 11:13 am

I have found airport diagrams for all US airports at airnav.com., but can't seem to find any approach plates for free.  Anyone know where to look.

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Re: Approach Plates

Postby rmac » Thu Feb 24, 2005 11:26 am

Go to fscharts.com
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Re: Approach Plates

Postby mark_av » Thu Feb 24, 2005 11:52 am

Actually, airnav.com does have instrument approach procedures for download, located near the bottom of the airport info page.
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Re: Approach Plates

Postby wji » Thu Feb 24, 2005 12:30 pm

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Airnav.com IAPs are in *.PDF and FSCharts.com IAPs are in JPEG. IMO, this choice is a nobrainer especially if opened in the kneeboard.

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Re: Approach Plates

Postby Brute » Thu Feb 24, 2005 12:43 pm

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Re: Approach Plates

Postby sonic » Thu Feb 24, 2005 2:20 pm

Just wondering how do you open it kneepad.  If its online.  Fscharts looks easy though.
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Re: Approach Plates

Postby Gary R. » Thu Feb 24, 2005 2:55 pm

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Re: Approach Plates

Postby Gary R. » Thu Feb 24, 2005 3:22 pm

Sonic wrote "Just wondering how do you open it kneepad.  If its online."  In answer to you question Sonic in the miscellaneous you can find an electronic kneeboard download.  Almost resembles a tablet PC.  Anyway, it has browser capability and a lot of other things built in.  I use it and like it much better than the standard knee board even though I print out all my charts because realworld pilots use paper and that way I have just what they have.  Although, if you have a PDA, tablet, or laptop you could save your digital charts in any of those devices.  Digital flight bags are getting more and more common.
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Re: Approach Plates

Postby dakota-flyer » Thu Feb 24, 2005 3:23 pm

Thanks all!

My printer is busy working...

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Re: Approach Plates

Postby dyfly » Thu Feb 24, 2005 9:59 pm

:DGo to your local airport where they give flight trainning and you can purchase approach plates. You might can get them free when they are out dated.Works really good. If you were in memphis Tn I would give you all of my approach plates ;D

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Re: Approach Plates

Postby sonic » Thu Feb 24, 2005 11:03 pm

I found two is it the one that simply says fs2004 web browser misc,  earlist files second one down.
or the flash one located at misc, newest files, like the 7th down.
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Re: Approach Plates

Postby jknight8907 » Thu Feb 24, 2005 11:25 pm

I use myairplane.com. Or you could buddy up with a pilot and get his outdated stuff. I tried that for a while but I prefer downloading an individual plate to keep the junk pile small
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Re: Approach Plates

Postby sonic » Thu Feb 24, 2005 11:39 pm

alrighty I must be overlooking something, I downloaded the brower one not the flash try it first the other one looked nice the rader anyway.  
But back on topic,  I was installing it but dont see what the readme files is talking about aircraft folder, but I dont see anything in there like what the new kneepad has. Do I just put it in the aircraft folder.
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Re: Approach Plates

Postby sonic » Fri Feb 25, 2005 1:32 am

Ok got it.
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