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VFR AIP Germany


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Dear SkyDemon Team, dear all,

I was wondering if the VFR AIP for Germany is now available for free in SkyDemon (as DFS provides it for free as of January 1), like for many other countries? I still only see the paid option on the SkyDemon website.

Apologies if this is a frequent question - I did not find a mention of it.

Many thanks
Jan


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Tim Dawson - 1/9/2023 10:58:39 AM
The airfield charts are ok, as you say. The "list of airfields" document is terrible, having been broken up into dozens of photos of documents each of which is individually accessible but you can't search, can't copy and paste from it, etc.

We did look at the free version last week. The biggest impediment to switching away from the paid version and offering the free version through SkyDemon is that the free version isn't released until it's already effective. We rely on having access to it beforehand to properly georeference the charts etc.

Thanks Tim - I see the points and understand that particularly the last one is a show stopper :-(

In my mind, DFS falls way short of their official duty to publish this in a timely manner. And I assume they are collecting tax payers money for their work... and at the same time are trying to monetize it.

I already complained to a friend who works at DFS and he promised to forward it. I hope a lot of German (and visiting!) pilots do the same

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