X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from mimosa.digista.com ([72.233.53.10] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.2) with ESMTPS id 5205741 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:10:44 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=72.233.53.10; envelope-from=davidm@remconinc.com Received: from [192.168.1.106] (cdm-75-108-247-235.asbnva.dhcp.suddenlink.net [75.108.247.235] (may be forged)) by mimosa.digista.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id pAIKA65u014263 for ; Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:10:06 -0600 X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.97.3 at mimosa Message-ID: <4EC6BB90.1060001@remconinc.com> Disposition-Notification-To: David Moyer Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:09:52 -0600 From: David Moyer User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:8.0) Gecko/20111105 Thunderbird/8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] FAA to charge for NOS Charts... References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------030709030203090905090307" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------030709030203090905090307 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I was 1,700! David Moyer Remcon Associates, LLC Tel: 281-360-2158 Fax: 281-360-2168 Cell: 281-795-2712 On 11/18/2011 12:41 PM, Chris Barber wrote: > The FAA has decided to start charging companies for use of previously > free NOS chart downloads and remove access for individuals starting > April 5, 2012. It is suspected that this will have a noted impact of > smaller companies that use this information and provides service to > the consumer pilot (i.e. I-Pad/I-Phone navigation, EFIS GPS etc) > If you don't know about this, you may wish to become informed. > http://www.generalaviationnews.com/2011/11/15/petition-launched-to-fight-faa-decision-to-charge-for-navigation-downloads/ > and > http://www.eaa.org/news/2011/2011-11-16_charts.asp > There is a petition on the White House website to have the policy > reviewed. 25,000 sigs are needed by DECEMBER 14, 2011 (currently only > about 1200...I was 1278). > To sign the petition, click here > https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/%21/petition/ask-faa-reversal-charge-government-approach-data-downloads-and-not-allowing-individuals-access-them/Hg1nqTJy?utm_source=wh.gov&utm_medium=shorturl&utm_campaign=shorturl > > Chris Barber --------------030709030203090905090307 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I was 1,700!

David Moyer
Remcon Associates, LLC
Tel: 281-360-2158
Fax: 281-360-2168
Cell: 281-795-2712

On 11/18/2011 12:41 PM, Chris Barber wrote:

The FAA has decided to start charging companies for use of previously free NOS chart downloads and remove access for individuals starting April 5, 2012. It is suspected that this will have a noted impact of smaller companies that use this information and provides service to the consumer pilot (i.e. I-Pad/I-Phone navigation, EFIS GPS etc)

If you don't know about this, you may wish to become informed.

http://www.generalaviationnews.com/2011/11/15/petition-launched-to-fight-faa-decision-to-charge-for-navigation-downloads/

and

http://www.eaa.org/news/2011/2011-11-16_charts.asp

There is a petition on the White House website to have the policy reviewed. 25,000 sigs are needed by DECEMBER 14, 2011 (currently only about 1200...I was 1278).

To sign the petition, click here

https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/%21/petition/ask-faa-reversal-charge-government-approach-data-downloads-and-not-allowing-individuals-access-them/Hg1nqTJy?utm_source=wh.gov&utm_medium=shorturl&utm_campaign=shorturl

Chris Barber

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