We did have a SAFA inspection in Holland reasently, and did fly on SkyDemon, but as SkyDemon is not officially approved, can you en the future comply with ICAO Annex 15 an annex 4, ore is this a task that is in the pipeline for the future ? Luckily for the pilots on this trip they did have a old paper map that did cover the northeast corner and Germany so yah at they could continue to Denmark, but let it not happened for the happy users of SkyDemon.

Best regards, happy user of SkyDemon.

Morten

Hopefully these officials are aware of what the rules actually are, and of the fact that there is no requirement under SERA to carry a paper chart.

What SERA says is irrelevant in this matter. SERA are "traffic regulations" and not regulations on equipment. You will also not find in SERA a requirement to have an altimeter or airspeed indicator.

The relevant regulation for most SkyDemon users would be part-NCO, which states:


(Part-NCO is not yet in force in all EASA countries, but will be by the end of next year.)

No mentioning of paper!! So electronic ok than?? Like altometer and speed indicator in glass cockpits?

Well, that's not certain. My point was really that the regs don't say anything about "official" charts. The question is how you interpret "suitable". Some countries have made clear that electronic charts are ok, other have said nothing.

You can't really make that comparison because you do need mechanical backup instruments if you have a glass cockpit.

I always carry some kind of paper chart as backup, but maybe not always ones that would be sufficient as primary charts.