(Eric Ulmer) writes:

This stress could have all been avoided if the log clearly stated
which VOR was checked, and if the second one wasn't checked I could
have checked it myself before departing.

It might be worth checking every navigation radio before every IFR
flight, if you are lucky enough to have facilities within range -- for
me it's just part of the IFR preflight (including a test of the ADF
during taxi to make sure the needle is tracking when I turn), even
though I own my plane and am very familiar with it.

Out of interest, I've never seen a log entry in Canada for a pilot VOR
check (either in my own plane's journey log, or in the journey logs of
any rentals) -- the only time there's an entry is after equipment has
been installed or reinstalled. We have to do the checks, but I don't
think we have to log them -- is that right, or are a lot of us just
ignorant of the regs?


All the best,


David