VFR FLT DOES NOT HAVE APCH CHART ON BOARD.

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DEPARTED 6R0 FOR FLT TO JENNINGS; LA. ACCORDING TO WX BRIEF; I THOUGHT I COULD MAKE IT TO 3R7 VFR -- USED NEW; BTR; LFT FLT WATCH -- IN RADAR CONTACT AT ALL TIMES. APCHING LFT; I FELT I COULD NOT CONTINUE VFR AT 2000 FT. STARTED TO RETURN TO BTR; BUT ASKED LFT APCH CTL IF IT WOULD BE LEGAL TO MAKE AN ILS APCH WITHOUT AN APCH PLATE. HE SAID HE WOULD CHK AND CAME BACK AND SAID OK; HE WOULD GIVE ALL THE INFO FOR THE APCH AND HE DID. HE CLRED ME INSTS TO LFT 2000 FT AND GAVE ME A HDG; ANOTHER HDG TO INTERCEPT LOC AND CLRED ME FOR AN ILS APCH TO LFT. APCH WAS MADE WITHOUT INCIDENT. I WOULD NOT HAVE MADE THE APCH IF THE LFT CTLR SAID IT WAS NOT LEGAL. I COULD HAVE TURNED BACK EBOUND VFR TO BTR; MSY; NEW; HAMMOND. I ALSO ASKED THE BTR APCH IF AN APCH COULD BE MADE LEGALLY WITHOUT AN APCH PLATE IF NEEDED; AND HE SAID IT WOULD BE OK WITH HIM; GIVING ME ALL THE INFO AS THE LFT CTLR DID. I AM INST QUALIFIED AND MY ACFT IS FULLY QUALIFIED. I AM A RETIRED ACR CAPT; 37 YRS; 22000 HRS. I DO NOT FLY INSTS AS A RULE IN SINGLE ENG ACFT.