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6863 wrote: Wed Feb 10, 2021 2:56 pm Negative ADS-B. Negative RVSM. Negative HF. Negative RNP. Negative MNPS. ;)
But...........do you have an ADF?? ;) :D (I don't either.........but I do have ADS-B out.........and "in" but only on my Ipad)
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Hey, don't knock ADF! You can home in on any AM station, and listen to the ball game at the same time!

To paraphrase Mr Miyagi, "man who fly NDB approach can do anything!"
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6643 wrote: Wed Feb 10, 2021 6:54 pm Hey, don't knock ADF! You can home in on any AM station, and listen to the ball game at the same time!

To paraphrase Mr Miyagi, "man who fly NDB approach can do anything!"
Ahhh.....tail tracking an inbound course on an NDB with a cross wind and a fixed card ADF....that brings back some memories and dates me :)
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6643 wrote: Wed Feb 10, 2021 6:54 pm Hey, don't knock ADF! You can home in on any AM station, and listen to the ball game at the same time!

To paraphrase Mr Miyagi, "man who fly NDB approach can do anything!"
I was never more than barely functional on an NDB approach............. I've heard Canada still has a few..........
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V529 wrote: Tue Feb 16, 2021 7:49 pm
6643 wrote: Wed Feb 10, 2021 6:54 pm Hey, don't knock ADF! You can home in on any AM station, and listen to the ball game at the same time!

To paraphrase Mr Miyagi, "man who fly NDB approach can do anything!"
I was never more than barely functional on an NDB approach............. I've heard Canada still has a few..........
All overlaid with GPS now though, takes the fun right out of it :lol:
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8474 wrote: Thu Feb 11, 2021 9:07 pm
6643 wrote: Wed Feb 10, 2021 6:54 pm Hey, don't knock ADF! You can home in on any AM station, and listen to the ball game at the same time!

To paraphrase Mr Miyagi, "man who fly NDB approach can do anything!"
Ahhh.....tail tracking an inbound course on an NDB with a cross wind and a fixed card ADF....that brings back some memories and dates me :)
Same here! I got my CFII when those were still common. They were always a challenge with the cross winds and the extra bonus of nearby thunderstorms that could give false readings.
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8233 wrote: Wed Feb 17, 2021 8:26 am nearby thunderstorms that could give false readings.
That's not a bug, that's a feature! Lightning detection at no extra charge! ;)

Seriously, though, when I was working on my instrument rating there was tremendous satisfaction in nailing an NDB approach. Also, when I took my private check ride, the examiner was known for getting you lost then telling you to find the airport. I trained at BED which was about one mile west of the transmitter for WRKO AM 680, a 50KW powerhouse. I had no problem finding the airport...

Rules for flying an NDB approach:
1.) The needle always points to the station.
2.) Refer to rule #1.

(Never did finish my instrument rating...)
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So well explained Thank You Mac . We the board members hosted Branson its all worth it but need a year to pull it off. Thank You again for being a helpful and long term member. Jeff
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6643 wrote: Wed Feb 17, 2021 2:33 pm
8233 wrote: Wed Feb 17, 2021 8:26 am nearby thunderstorms that could give false readings.
That's not a bug, that's a feature! Lightning detection at no extra charge! ;)

Seriously, though, when I was working on my instrument rating there was tremendous satisfaction in nailing an NDB approach. Also, when I took my private check ride, the examiner was known for getting you lost then telling you to find the airport. I trained at BED which was about one mile west of the transmitter for WRKO AM 680, a 50KW powerhouse. I had no problem finding the airport...

Rules for flying an NDB approach:
1.) The needle always points to the station.
2.) Refer to rule #1.

(Never did finish my instrument rating...)
The extra fun was night flying and if you weren't diligent at verifying the NDB, you could be picking up a different one on the same freq further away due to the distances AM signals could achieve.
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6643 wrote: Wed Feb 10, 2021 6:54 pm Hey, don't knock ADF! You can home in on any AM station, and listen to the ball game at the same time!

To paraphrase Mr Miyagi, "man who fly NDB approach can do anything!"
Fixed card ADF was the difficult approach.
The AH-64 helicopter only had an ADF, but we had this beautiful likely $20,000 large HSI though
So what’s fun is flying an ADF approach, in a Helicopter
We also had a Dopper Nav system, so anyone with brains programmed the co-ordinates of the ADF into the Doppler Nav system
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