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Fri Oct 02, 2009 9:59 am

Chart subscriptions

There is a change at NACO and a the minimum sales for agents has now been increased from $500/yr to $5,000/yr.

As a result many of your smaller FBO's will probably no longer be chart agents.

For the charts that you use routinely the easiest way is to buy them from the source:
https://naco.faa.gov/ecomp/Default.aspx

The new charts arrive just before the old one expires. Totally easy and as low or lower cost than commercial sites.

TD
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Fri Oct 02, 2009 6:08 pm

Re: Chart subscriptions

TomD wrote:... as low or lower cost than commercial sites.

TD


I beg to differ.

NACO price for a sectional, $9.50.
PilotShop.com price for a sectional, $6.34.
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Sat Oct 03, 2009 11:05 am

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kevbert wrote:PilotShop.com price for a sectional, $6.34.


Let's hope they can continue a volume of sales of charts greater than $5,000.

I've run into this minimum sales requirement with distributors, and it's kinda lame. It makes it difficult for the little guy who's trying to operate cash-only.
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Sun Oct 04, 2009 1:37 pm

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I've used Sporty's subscriptions for years and never had a problem with timeliness.
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Mon Oct 05, 2009 3:48 pm

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What ever happened to the 25 cent sectionals that I bought when learning to fly ?????
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Mon Oct 05, 2009 4:17 pm

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What ever happened to the 25 cent sectionals that I bought when learning to fly ?????


Went the way of the 5 cent CocaCola and 25 cents per gallon gasoline.
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Wed Oct 07, 2009 7:47 am

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Her's another chart vendor. www.mypilotstore.com I just bought some. They seem to have them all, buy as many as you want/subscribe,discount prices, free shipping, had mine in a few days.
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