Thread: You mean I have to TALK to ATC? - long
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Old September 16th 07, 12:44 AM posted to rec.aviation.student,rec.aviation.piloting
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Default You mean I have to TALK to ATC? - long
In article .com,
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The trip back was pretty cool. I opted to fly the VOR all the way into SYI,

I'm surprised to see that primary students are still flying VOR
radials. I thought that had gone the way of ADFs and light beacons,


And what way have those gone?
NDB's are still in widespread use, and impetus to decommission them has slowed
in recent years. They're also very handy in many situations.

As for VOR's, and VOR/DME airways,they still represent the backbone of the IFR
route system, and cannot be supplanted by random/direct routes anytime soon.

There's even talk of bringing LORAN-C back into the picture . . .