A year ago I bought a chart from Sporty's labeled JNCA-5 and advertised as being ideal for preliminary VFR planning. It is large - 58 x 41 inches and shows the entire U.S. and a good portion of southern Canada. Technically a jet chart, it was good for laying out on the floor and pondering routing options. One big problem: the information on it was from Sept. 1997!
Well it looks like the FAA is finally planning to release a proper VFR planning wall chart of similar size (59x36) and will allegedly be updated yearly. Here are a couple links with more information:
AOPA article:
http://www.aopa.org/advocacy/articles/2010/101117vfrwallchart.html
PDF of FAA announcement:
http://aeronav.faa.gov/content/aeronav/safety_alerts/SA_VFR%20WPC_VCAM_10-07.pdf
FAA web page to order a copy (though it is 3 months away - I'm sure they'll take your money now - this is the government after all!):
http://naco.faa.gov/ecomp/ProductDetails.aspx?ProductID=VFRWPC
This is the JNCA-5 product I bought that is so old that continental drift and politics have made it invalid:
http://sportys.com/pilotshop/product/8723
Well it looks like the FAA is finally planning to release a proper VFR planning wall chart of similar size (59x36) and will allegedly be updated yearly. Here are a couple links with more information:
AOPA article:
http://www.aopa.org/advocacy/articles/2010/101117vfrwallchart.html
PDF of FAA announcement:
http://aeronav.faa.gov/content/aeronav/safety_alerts/SA_VFR%20WPC_VCAM_10-07.pdf
FAA web page to order a copy (though it is 3 months away - I'm sure they'll take your money now - this is the government after all!):
http://naco.faa.gov/ecomp/ProductDetails.aspx?ProductID=VFRWPC
This is the JNCA-5 product I bought that is so old that continental drift and politics have made it invalid:
http://sportys.com/pilotshop/product/8723
