90% of pilots primarily use electronic charts, according to pilot surveys. AOPA advocated for the chart-cycle change. CHECK YOUR CHARTS PILOTS SHOULD DOUBLE CHECK the effective dates of the charts they use for VFR flying. As of February 25, the FAA said " all Sectional Aeronautical, VFR Terminal Area (TAC), VFR Flyway Planning, VFR Aeronautical, and Helicopter Route Charts will be updated and continue to be updated every 56 days " to coincide with the publication dates of other en route, terminal, and supplemental chart products. Changing the publication cycles required the FAA to amend the publication dates of numerous charts, making many of them obsolete before the final effective date published on the charts. The FAA expects the change could result in significant reductions of chart-related notams because new information will be added to charts more quickly than was the case on the prior publication cycles of 168 days to two years. The change will also make the chart bulletins that are contained in chart supplement volumes unnecessary. aopa.org/pilot/chartchanges aopa.org/pilot AOPA PILOT | 13 The Genesys Aerosystems S-TEC 3100 WHEN YOU REALLY HAVE TO TRUST YOUR AUTOPILOT TRUST THE EXPERTS VISIT STEC3100.GENESYS-AEROSYSTEMS/AOPA FOR MORE INFOhttp://stec3100.genesys-aerosystems/aopa http://www.aopa.org/pilot/chartchanges http://www.aopa.org/pilot