Charlib52 From United States of America, joined Apr 2004, 164 posts, RR: 20 Posted (7 years 7 months 2 weeks 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 6102 times:
Does anyone know of a website or source for older sectional charts? I want to do a study on the cartographic changes of these charts and it is seemingly a challenge to scare up anything on the Internet.
KFLLCFII From United States of America, joined Sep 2004, 3262 posts, RR: 33 Reply 1, posted (7 years 7 months 2 weeks 6 days ago) and read 6057 times:
There's a website that archives abandoned & little-known airfields from all over the US. While this site does not specifically archive the charts themselves, it does utilize many images from older charts in its articles, and IIRC, the charts may date back as far as the 1930s. The website can be found here:
PS - Aside from using this site to study cartographic changes, it is actually quite informative and entertaining if you use the site for its purpose. In my county alone, I've been informed of no less than 4 airfields that once existed, which have since been developed over.
Cheers!
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Corey07850 From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 2519 posts, RR: 5 Reply 2, posted (7 years 7 months 2 weeks 5 days 23 hours ago) and read 6031 times:
Try calling up a local pilot shop... Whenever the current charts are out of date, they might be willing to give you one considering they probably just throw them away anyway
Goaliemn From United States of America, joined Sep 2005, 463 posts, RR: 3 Reply 4, posted (7 years 7 months 2 weeks 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 5979 times:
check www.myairplane.com he has all the sectionals and such online for free, and you can download some high quality ones for cheep.
Timz From United States of America, joined Sep 1999, 6466 posts, RR: 8 Reply 5, posted (7 years 7 months 2 weeks 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 5959 times:
I have many charts from the 40s-50s-60s. Drop me a line if paper copies are any use to you.
Charlib52 From United States of America, joined Apr 2004, 164 posts, RR: 20 Reply 7, posted (7 years 7 months 2 weeks 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 5883 times:
Quoting Timz (Reply 5): I have many charts from the 40s-50s-60s. Drop me a line if paper copies are any use to you.
Quoting Olympus69 (Reply 6): I have Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Lake Huron, Lewiston, Milwaukee and New York Sectionals from the 1960s if they are any use to you.
Thanks guys! I don't want to take your charts away from you, is there any way you can copy them -- realize they are large. I'll private email you both to think about possibilities.
Got told that the National Archives in DC has them all, but you have to go there, file requests, yadda, yadda...
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