Practicing Chewing Gum

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Jerry Kaidor wrote:
I practiced setting up the radios for approaches. "Let's try the Oak
27L ILS..." Set NAV1, twist in the inbound heading, etc etc.

Set, twist and ident.

And hey, while you're there, do a VOT check and log it.

I used the following "standards":

* NAV1 for the approach course
* NAV2 for the missed.

Sometimes you'll need it for other things. Look at the HIO ILS 12,
for example. You need the LOC and BTG to identify the fixes, but
the missed is a hold at UBG. You'll want UBG on a standby.

* Use the approach plate as a checklist, from the top of the plate to
the bottom

My instructor suggests using the audio panel for the checklist.
I have a KMA-24 so it's a straight row of radios to check. One thing
it will remind you of that the plate won't is to turn on the marker
audio.

If you're practicing you should try simulating radio failure. I might
get to do this more than most (I have an HSI so when the partial panel
stickies show up I need to reset NAV2 if I was using NAV1 for my primary).

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Ben Jackson

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