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Prompt to update country AIP information

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By mabc - 7/9/2023 3:45:23 PM

I find it very useful that SkyDemon automatically prompts me when I need to update the charts for the various countries that I have downloaded.  However, I also like to have the complete country AIP data downloaded for counties that I frequently visit, so that when I am traveling I have immediate access to all aerodrome plates and other information even with no internet connection.  But this information should be updated every 28 day AIRAC cycle.  So it would be useful if SkyDemon could have an option to prompt me to update this information when required, in the same way that it does with the charts.  Any thoughts about this?
By Tim Dawson - 7/10/2023 9:13:05 AM

Although these are in theory only updated every AIRAC cycle, actually countries update them all the time, when they discover errors in them. If we had a prompt, you would see it often.

Also, it's quite wasteful to download entire AIPs all the time we we would really rather people downloaded only what they need. There's a setting that automatically downloads all the plates for the airfields that are part of your route.

These two factors mean it's unlikely we will add anything to make it more straightforward to download/update all AIPs.