The new RAPT (I think that was the name, although it could just as well been "RAPED")
initiative calls for all ILSs to get adjusted to line everything up, wiping out that "if possible"
Seems like an extraordinary expenditure of money for the FAA as well as for the people like
me that have file /Unfortunate. The issue at Providence is that there are no crossing radials
that come close to perpendicular to the approach course, which is why they have DME fixes,
not crossing radials. They do have good radar coverage, that is when the tower is open. The
tower is closed between 0000 and 0600 local time however, and at those times Boston Center
handles approaches. I don't think the center radar coverage is very good on the approach.

I do have ADF in my airplane, but it isn't the issue. I don't have DME. The airplane didn't have it
when I bought it 8 years ago, but did have it once, as it still has the antenna. Not much room left
in
the panel any more, at least not on the left side where I could see it. Of the dozen or so airplanes
I've
flown, only one had DME. I have not written Phil Boyer, however I am in contact with AOPA over this
issue. The guy I talked to this morning also seemed surprised that so few had DME.



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