Do I need DME or ADF in an IFR-certified GPS panel?

On 6/8/2005 09:51, George Patterson wrote:

Thomas Borchert wrote:

but how many would there be where the GPS could not legally replace the
DME? Those are only the very few where the DME is not in the database.

It's my understanding that the DME box in the plane measures distance from a
VOR. All VORs should be in the database.

Actually, it measures distance from a DME or TACAN facility, not from
a VOR. It can use a VOR/DME or VORTAC, but not a VOR.


George Patterson
Why do men's hearts beat faster, knees get weak, throats become dry,
and they think irrationally when a woman wears leather clothing?
Because she smells like a new truck.


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