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.
