DME Approach
11-01-2007, 11:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Pilotpip
Yeah, but if you can handle an NDB approach and do it well the rest is a cakewalk.
My airline's SOP doesn't even allow for NDB approaches.
Not that we need to do them anywhere we go anyway.
My airline's SOP doesn't even allow for NDB approaches.
Not that we need to do them anywhere we go anyway.As a pilot, NDB approaches are good for getting yourself alligned with the runway, but I dont know if I would jump into the clouds with an NDB as my sole approach procedure. I doubt there even will be airports with sole NDBs too soon...
11-02-2007, 10:09 AM
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when I was training at UofI they stressed that dme arc and the NDB...luckily i got a GPS plane and didn't have to do an NDB on my check ride.
I asked the same question years ago when I was having trouble with NDB and basically the same answer was said...NDB's at that time were more common, cheapier and had low Mx. Making it possible for lil non-towered airports to operate them. (thats what I was told in 02' as a freshmen)
That year in our ground school there was a poll done by the FAA (can't remember what publication) about IFR holds...it discovered that on average a professional pilots perform one hold a year and were thinking about eliminating holds all together...kinda would be nice...DISCUSS
I asked the same question years ago when I was having trouble with NDB and basically the same answer was said...NDB's at that time were more common, cheapier and had low Mx. Making it possible for lil non-towered airports to operate them. (thats what I was told in 02' as a freshmen)
That year in our ground school there was a poll done by the FAA (can't remember what publication) about IFR holds...it discovered that on average a professional pilots perform one hold a year and were thinking about eliminating holds all together...kinda would be nice...DISCUSS
11-02-2007, 10:52 AM
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Originally Posted by snippercr
I remember during my instrument training that there are a few locations that have DME arc approaches... does anyone know where those are? I am just curious and would like to fly a few in my FRASCA 141 time. Thanks!
If you're practicing them in a sim, just use any DME readout off a VOR and make the approach up.
This can be down with NDB approaches too.
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