VOR navigation

[PhatAJ2008]

How many of todays airliners use VOR's and ADF's for navigation? Is it all for the most part GPS?

 

[FatesPawn]

It's MOSTLY area-nav based now. Some RNAV based systems still use VOR/VOR DME/DME triangulation to figure their Lat/Long... but GPS is probably the majority.

DC9, 727 and 737-200 pilots still feel joys of U-NAV, We-Nav, but no RNAV... exceptions excluded of course.

-fate

 

[exeagle]

Big Sky uses both vor and adf. Our new planes from Commutair have gps, but are deactivated for the time being.

 

[NuGuy]

Heyas,

Heck, if you've got working Comm, then you've got yourself a handy dandy voice activated navigation device.

That's right center, we are vector equipped!

Nu

 

[JessMan]

My airline isn't approved for Class II Nav yet, so even though we're using the GPS as the main navaid, we're still plugging in VORs as we head down the road.

 

[ExAF]

Give me a vector Victor

It's MOSTLY area-nav based now. Some RNAV based systems still use VOR/VOR DME/DME triangulation to figure their Lat/Long... but GPS is probably the majority.

DC9, 727 and 737-200 pilots still feel joys of U-NAV, We-Nav, but no RNAV... exceptions excluded of course.

-fate

Typical DC-9 day flying....
ATC: Cleared direct (insert favorite RNAV fix here)
DC-9 Pilot: (In most professional voice) Sorry...we can't do that...But we are vector equipped.

 

[tubelcane]

the 717 doesn't even have adfs installed

 

[trachyte11]

no espn radio for you, bummer

 

[jetpig32]

Many T-prop providers are /a. Keeps you awake.

 

[DrewBlows]

the 717 doesn't even have adfs installed

An NDB approach is an emergency procedure.:crying:

 

[buxflyr]

Heard Air Whiskey last night tell center they lost their FMS and needed a heading... back to green needles!

 

[atrdriver]

CAL 737-300 round dials don't have GPS installed. Still has FMC, but they update by VOR/DME.

ASA's 50 seat RJs primary FMC position also comes from VOR/DME, and the GPS is used as backup. Never could figure that one out.

I was talking to a Comair guy when I was on the ATR, and he asked if I liked flying it. I said yeah, but it would be nice if it had and FMS, or GPS. He said "you guys don't have GPS?" I said no. He thought about that for a minute, and then asked "how do you navigate?"

 

[CFI2766]

Long live the ATRah.

We dont need no stinking GPS. (Actually, we've got one, but it's not for nav: We just use it to make sure we dont hit stuff...)

 

[Toobdrvr]

F9 A318/319:

3 IRS
3GPS
2 VORs (auto tuned)
2ADF

All signals go into computer to "vote" on position and FMS determines position based on weighted average. If you want, I guess you could turn off IRs and hard tune VORs. It would take me a minute to figure out how to hard tune and display ADF. No Radio Disney for me...

 

[AA717driver]

One day going to EGE, ALL the GPS/RNAV went "unreliable" (yellow needles and all).

Turned a brand new G450 into a DC-9 just like that!

There were so many crisp, new enroute charts being unfolded, it sounded like the Bunny Ranch using paper bed sheets... TC