I have just updated my i- pad and found the platetab but when I pull it no plates appear. Do I have to download, buy or what do I do to view the plates.

Am I missing something here? Please help with the procedure.

Chris

Having played around some more, it seems the problem I am having is only related to UK military airfields. I cannot get plates for Benson, Brize Norton or Boscombe Down and since these don't appear in the UK civilian AIS publications, that's probably the explanation.

However, I did try to replicate your problem. I created a route from LOLG to LOAN and plates for LOAN automatically loaded. I then tried to find the plates for LOWW and got 24 plates downloaded. It sounds like a configuration problem.

Check in "Setup" that under "Communication Options" you have it set to "Live Data when Planning". If it is in offline mode, the plates will not appear unless thay have been previously downloaded.

Hope that helps.

Dan

I feel stupid to some degree. Yes, i was in offline mode while planning. Going online solved the problem.

Thanks, -- Chris.

P.S. Are there any plans to extend the charts to include VFR approach charts also?

Chris

I am a mere user like yourself so don't have the inside knowledge on what is planned for SD in the future. That's really a question for Tim to answer.

However, I think having visual approach charts probably depends on whether they are published in the National AIP for each country. If you search for plates for Le Touquet, for example, there is a visual approach chart. However, there are no such charts for the UK as far as I am aware since they are not published in the AIP.

Dan

There are several visual approach charts available in the AIP for Austria. I couldn't find them among the plates offered by SD although I haven't lookded for every single one. For example, LOAN has a chart published called "LOAN LOXN Chart for VFR Flight". I couldn't find it in SD. Another example is LOAV which also has a published VFR chart which I couldn't find in SD. So there must be some decision made inside SD which among the published charts to offer and which not.

-- Chris

Chris

Check the "Filtering" options at the top left of the "Plates" window. Make sure you have Instrument approaches, Arrival and Departure charts all set to "On". You will then see an Instrument Approach chart with VFR information. I haven't seen this in other countries. France for example keeps the VFR and IFR charts completely seperate. Maybe Austria combines them to save paper and space!

Dan