Re the 1:1000000 format: While that should be OK for navigating (of course, I don't primarily "navigate" by terrestrial features), I am not sure if that allows to disseminate all the various airspaces in certain areas. Correct? Supplied is a booklet (or a separate chart?) detailing the activity hours and frequencies of the various SUA airspaces. These are two (north and south) 1:1000000 charts that can only be purchased as a package, named "Documents VFR", and sometimes "Pochette VFR". Plus, they only show airspace up to 5000 feet, which I don't like, even though I am planning to fly mostly low-level. It also seems that they are not particularly helpful for "navigating" the french SUAs (just like the Jeppesen charts). I recently looked at them at my local pilot shop and didn't really like them. Often referred to as the french "ICAO-charts". The 2013 charts should be due in April.Ģ) IGN. Finally, you need 6 charts to cover mainland France. And: The chart does not show activity times of the SUAs and more importantly, don't show you which frequency to call for a clearance to cross those SUAs. Certain (very small) airfields are not shown. Let me summarize my understanding of the choices and see if I got it right.ġ) Jeppesen VFR/GPS. I know Peter has posted on the subject numerous times. I am now in the process of selecting the most suitable (paper) VFR charts.
In recent years, I have mostly flown IFR in France and I really haven't done a lot of VFR. Mostly low-level, short distance flights in the eastern parts of France.mostly weekends, but not only (yes, I know, this combination is probably the "worst" as far as SUAs go, but I would still like to master it. I know this topic comes up every now and then, but the variety of charts is really somewhat confusing.:-)īackground is that I am planning to do a bit of VFR flying in France this year.
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