Non existent VOR

On 04/04/06 06:37, Dave Butler wrote:
Steven Barnes wrote:

I'm late in joining this thread, but on an Angel Flight a year or so ago, I
was happily moving along my IFR flight plan following airways when IND
approach told my the Hoosier VOR was OTS. I was never told that during my
briefing. 3 seconds after an "uhh... stand by" on my part, IND offered
vector direct to my next VOR. Duh. D - next waypoint & we're off. Actually
shaved a few minutes off, anyway.
It did kind of surprise me, though.

I've also seen (on an Angel flight, coincidentally) that I knew from NOTAMs that
a VOR was scheduled to go OTS for maintenance during my flight, and should go
out of service about the time I got to it. I was surprised to find I received
the identifier, and queried ATC - was the VOR operational or not? They had no
clue. Shortly after that the identifier stopped, and I informed ATC I would be
out of navaid range for a few minutes and requested they monitor my track, which
they agreed to do.

I'm not criticizing, but am just curious: Why did you plan your flight
route such that it depended on the VOR even when it was NOTAM'd to be OTS?


Curiosity question for ATCers: how do you find out about inop navaids?

Dave


--
Mark Hansen, PP-ASEL, Instrument Airplane
Cal Aggie Flying Farmers
Sacramento, CA

Mark Hansen wrote:

I'm not criticizing, but am just curious: Why did you plan your flight
route such that it depended on the VOR even when it was NOTAM'd to be OTS?

Because I knew I could safely navigate without the VOR. I was carrying a
handheld GPS, I planned to be in contact with ATC, the weather was severe clear,
the terrain was flat. I could easily have navigated visually or by dead
reckoning if necessary.