NDB approaches???

[boscenter]

NDBs might be phased out but AM stations will always be there

with xm, that might not be the case . . .

 

[bobbysamd]

NDBs

Still quite a few little U.S. airports have NDB approaches. In other parts of the world, where the system is not as well-developed as ours, NDB approaches are very much alive and living. When I was teaching Alitalia students nine years ago, we put a great deal of emphasis on NDB and VOR approaches, and even had turbojet profiles we taught to the students for these approaches. That blew my mind at the time until I realized that Alitalia flies to less-developed parts of the world. I read once that Air Canada turbojets fly NDB approaches regularly because there is nothing else where they fly sometimes.

Still a valuable skill to hone. NDBs are indeed your father's instrument approach procedure.

 

[jsoceanlord]

since you asked about NDB approaches, here's a tip;

(this may be a little off); if you turn 30 degrees onto your procedure turn and fly that heading for a minute and then start a standard rate turn to your final approach course, you'll have intercepted the approach course perfectly, assuming no wind.

 

[Goffer]

NDB

I hope the NDB equipment isn't phased out in the US for quite some time. Finding news/talk radio on AM stations was half the fun of my cross country flight training.