@eddsPeter : thanks for the tip !
I used to be in France but then dropped it somehow
I’m would still revert to France + BELUX coverage since I absolutely can’t wrap my head around the price of the new “all Europe” coverage, even with 15% off
It’s still 300€ more than the old “Europe” coverage
Skydemon georeferenced most of the AIP plates. Flew recently to ELLX with radar vectors works very well. The only negative feedback I have it the bad SD HMI to view them as instrument approach overlay. Also you need to refresh the plate to assure you have the latest version.
I think quite a lot of apps can serve the AIP plates.
You can get them in bulk from EAD’s B2B interface – if there is money available to pay for it. I used to know the costs when I was involved with the Autorouter but don’t remember now.
Then you need to pay someone “cheap” to georeference them. There may be some “standard” for georef PDFs (like there is for TIFFs etc) but AFAIK the AIP PDFs are not georeferenced. This is a lot of work and would be feasible only in the context of a ~ €100/year product.
Whereas with jeppesen terminal charts you get georeferencing automatically, in the tablet app, or in the old windows moving map products (which I believe still work after all the years).
chflyer wrote:
You can add FF to the EAD list.
And Garmin Pilot (Premium subscription).
PapaPapa wrote:
Note : I was not looking for Jepp plates, but for IAC+enroute (in general) usable in a practical way on an iPad for Europe.
so we have :Jepp (direct or through FF)
EAD (direct, autorouter/bot, EuroGA AirportDB, I think SkyDemon too)
Navblue (expensive)
Lido (expensive)
gCAP (not Europe)
You can add FF to the EAD list. FF Europe subscription includes EAD charts in the Basic Plus subscription for $100, geo-referenced and overlaid on the map with the Pro Plus subscription for $200.
Airborne_Again wrote:
They’re bulky (A4 format) and there both subtle and not-so-subtle differences between countries.
Yes, they are bulky and it was pretty inconvenient using them in paper form. However, using geo-referenced AIP plates in FF, where you can zoom in and out, looks pretty ok. I’ve been using this setup for few years and I don’t see major drawbacks except lack of consistence between different countries.
eddsPeter wrote:
Therefore Jeppesen offers a 15% discount on their products to AOPA Germany members.
I believe this applies to all European AOPA members. I got the 15% this year as a member of AOPA Sweden.
@PapaPapa Maybe it is worth to have a look on your AOPA website. The AOPA Germany has established a very good relationship with Jeppesen. Therefore Jeppesen offers a 15% discount on their products to AOPA Germany members. You can get this for your avionics bundles as well as for the JeppFD Charts on your iPad. It doesn’t work with ForeFlight and the Jeppesen Chart sold by ForeFlight. But it works, if you buy a ForeFlight subscription and activate one of your Jeppesen „seats“ afterwords in ForeFlight. This might help. So if you are not AOPA member yet, it is worth to think about. 
Digitalisation of the IAP information is a trigger for further harmonisation and products, as long this data is not available it’s business as usual Jepp Lido for the transport category and the poor man using AIP plates layover on skydemon.
arj1 wrote:
What’s wrong with the IAP charts?
I’ve been taught to fly the procedures using those…
They’re bulky (A4 format) and there both subtle and not-so-subtle differences between countries.
