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Avidyne Expands Database to Include Backcountry Airstrips

Company teams with Jeppesen to support Recreational Aviation Foundation.

The new database will feature unimproved airstrips on both private property and public lands. [FLYING Archive]
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Key Takeaways:

  • Avidyne Corporation, Jeppesen, and the Recreational Aviation Foundation (RAF) are collaborating to include unimproved backcountry airstrips in new Jeppesen Nav Databases for GPS.
  • This initiative aims to make it significantly easier for private pilots to find and access these remote landing areas, thereby promoting recreational aviation and the freedom of flight.
  • The RAF, an all-volunteer organization, contributes its expertise by verifying the locations and characteristics of these backcountry strips to enhance the accuracy of the new databases.
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Flying into the backcountry and landing on an unimproved strip next to a lake where the fish normally die of old age is on many a pilot’s bucket list. The Avidyne Corporation, Jeppesen and the Recreational Aviation Foundation are making it easier to find these out-of-the-way places by including them in the new Jeppesen Nav Databases for GPS. 

The new database will feature unimproved airstrips on both private property and public lands. 

Meg Godlewski

Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.

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