G1000 “CHART NOT AVAILABLE”…What’s missing?
Recently, the owner pilot of a G1000 equipped TBM 850 posted a picture of his MFD and asked for advice about the error message “CHART NOT AVAILABLE” as he was viewing information for KBDU (Boulder Municipal Airport, Boulder, CO). (Image 1) He had already contacted Jeppesen tech support but came away with the impression that perhaps he had a problem with his downloaded data or his subscription did not include charts. It is important to understand that the word “CHART” in this on-screen message refers to what most pilots still call a “plate”. Back when no...
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