And online. I used to use it before the Internet had all that (and Foreflight) but it's pointless now except as a non powered backup.
Somebody at the airport recently suggested this as an "indispensable resource".
Is this true, or are there other ways to get the same info without having to buy another expensive book (and subscription)?
Somebody at the airport recently suggested this as an "indispensable resource".
Is this true, or are there other ways to get the same info without having to buy another expensive book (and subscription)?
Along those line, the owner of the flight school where I did my IR was seriously old school. He did a stage check on me, and when he asked if I had current plates and charts, the answer was "yep, here it is."
He looked at the Jeppesen binder unapprovingly, and said "the first thing we need to do... is to arrange your Jepp." Which we did, agonizingly, for about the next hour. There is a lot of crap in the California Jepp package. I just throw out the old stuff, and put the new stuff in the binder, in the order it is packaged and fish the stuff out as I need it. He on the other hand, thought it was prudent to put all the text pates, enroute charts, area charts, plates, arrival and DP, all within their respective tabbed areas next to the respective plates. What a freakin' PITA. That all goes away with Foreflight charts.
How is this still a thing ?
There are pilots who have no computers or gadgets, they have a flip phone telephone only cell phone.
So what are those guys using now since Flight Guide has been out of business for over a year? Optima Pilots Guide? That doesn't cover anything east of the Rockies.
A/FD comes in book form still, basically the same thing. Does AOPA still do a paper copy of their guide?