Roy Smith wrote:
In article , Sam Spade
wrote:

And, what are the odds of having to hold at an NDB in the 21st Century?

Essentially zero. But, if your instructor (or flight school) is dumb
enough to send you for an instrument checkride in an airplane equipped with
an ADF, you may be called upon to demonstrate one. Which means they need
to train you to be able to perform one. Which, of course, is a huge waste
of your time and money, since it's a skill you will never use again after
the checkride.


Although I have never been assigned an NDB hold in the U.S, I have been
assigned NDB routes and holds in Canada. Just a couple of months ago, I
was instructed to hold at the Muskoka NDB. A few months earlier, I was
given "expect NDB approach... into Buttonville airport". This airport
is one of the largest GA fields in Toronto and has a perfectly good LOC
approach, but folks up there don't seem to shy away from NDBs.