It's been a long time since I studied for the PPC written, but I don't
recall a single navigation question that was a "gotcha." Every single one
had one obviously correct answer that was obviously correct if you had any
idea how the things worked. Now, I took my written just before my 300 mile
cross-country, so I had been using a VOR for some time. If you found them
to be "gotchas", I'd say you didn't really have a handle on VOR navigation
at the time.

As I said, I scored in the upper 90s, some ten years ago, and have no
trouble using VORs. But they *did* take a significant amount of time to get
proficient at using, and I hope that I'm the last generation of pilots to
have to rely on such an antiquated system for primary navigation.

Since nowadays VFR pilots have little use for VORs, (I don't turn them on --
ever -- except for the occasional practice VOR approach), to put those kind
of questions on the Private written exam is just another way to weed out
potential pilots.

I wonder if VOR tracking is tested in the new Sport Pilot curriculum?
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
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