"real" VFR-AIP for Germany?

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"real" VFR-AIP for Germany?

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Renzo	R Renzo posted 4/18/2017 9:15:36 PM HOT Topic Details Share Topic
R Group: Forum Members Posts: 55, Visits: 120	Hi forum, I have a question/subject concerning the "VFR" and "non-VFR"-AIPs in SkyDemon. e.g. for Czech Republic there is one AIP "Czech Republic" and one named "Czech Republic (VFR)"‌‌‌‌. This difference is also given in the german AIP. It seems, that SkyDemon comes with the IFR-AIP and I can´t find a dedicated "German VFR-AIP" But in "real life" is a VFR-AIP. The difference between VFR and IFR-AIP is the publishing date and an 14 days-offset when changes will be effective. The date of published data has an offset of 14 days between VFR and IFR. For SD I have purchased the German AIP-Plates‌‌ and I´v found some aerodrome-information concerning smaller airfields which is only found in the German VFR-AIP. So far so good, but the rest of the german AIP (General, Enroute...) seems to be the IFR-Part. My question is: doesn´t DFS offer the VFR-Part ‌‌to SD or is the German VFR-part simply not offered in SD? Thanks for your time and answer, Renzo‌‌‌
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Renzo	R Renzo posted 4/26/2017 10:35:35 AM Post Details Share Post
R Group: Forum Members Posts: 55, Visits: 120	+x Tim Dawson - 4/26/2017 9:46:33 AM Germany have an IFR AIP and a VFR AIP. This does not really make any sense. What makes even less sense is the fact their publication dates are offset by 14 days. When I asked why they have two different AIPs, they said it was because their customers wanted it that way, to make life easier. Unfortunately, once the VFR AIP was split off, the people in charge then decided that it should be a chargeable product.‌‌
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Renzo	R Renzo posted 4/26/2017 10:42:01 AM Post Details Share Post
R Group: Forum Members Posts: 55, Visits: 120	+x Renzo - 4/26/2017 10:35:35 AM +x Tim Dawson - 4/26/2017 9:46:33 AM Germany have an IFR AIP and a VFR AIP. This does not really make any sense. What makes even less sense is the fact their publication dates are offset by 14 days. When I asked why they have two different AIPs, they said it was because their customers wanted it that way, to make life easier. Unfortunately, once the VFR AIP was split off, the people in charge then decided that it should be a chargeable product.‌‌ I agree in every word concerning sense of "offset" two AIPs and so on. ‌But: why is the IFR-portion in SD? Ok, its for free, thanks for that. But would it be possible for you to purchase a complete german AIP? Do the offer that to you? And if yes: could it be available to the users? At the second only the plates are useable for german pilots. Things change regularly in the VFR-AIP. I know that because I always have to deal with the paper-work. For a VFR-Pilot an IFR-AIP doesn´t make sense because some parts will always be not complete or outdated or not effective because of the offset. Kind regards, Renzo‌‌‌
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