The days of inexpensive navigation and chart apps for your mobile devices appear to be numbered with the FAA’s announcement that it will begin charging for downloads that were previously free starting April 5, 2012. A post on AVweb notes that the Aeronautical Navigational Products Directorate (Aeronav), which currently makes the latest charts and other navigational products available online for free, says it has to recover the costs associated with developing and hosting the products. What’s that mean for you? Read on here.
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The idiots in government won’t be satisfied until the airways have become as rundown as the railroads.
Statement by the Board of Directors of the IMC Club Regarding Charging Fees by the FAA http://bit.ly/uTUskL
Ask FAA for reversal to charge for government approach data downloads and not allowing individuals to access them. http://wh.gov/jCZ