Call me perverse..I like NDB approaches. On the other hand, I understand
their days are numbered. My only concern is that there are plenty of
planes without approach certified IFR GPS that will be left without a
backup if the localizer goes kaput.

Also, it will be more difficult to teach NDB approaches if they're no
longer on the books.

Well.. if the localizer goes kaput... then it is the VOR backup.. but if
it's my receiver that has gone kaput.. then its over to the military base
for a radar directed approach...

we have no NDB outer marker on any ILS in the valley.. for well over 100
miles in the area.. maybe 150 miles..

BT