On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 15:44:01 +0100, Peter wrote:

A DME is IMHO a lot more important than an ADF - again in the event of
a GPS failure, or a RAIM failure. Even in the USA, no-DME restricts
the choice of a destination/alternate, IIRC.

I don't believe there is any restriction for destinations, so long as the
location of the DME fix is in the GPS receiver's database.

For alternates there is some kind of requirement for a non-GPS approach if
one is using a TSO129 box. But the TSO146 (WAAS) boxes have no requirement
for a non-GPS approach at alternates. My experience has been with a
CNX80/GNS480 so I'm not really up on the non-WAAS stuff.


Americans must be really taking the **** reading all this crap... but
in Europe, one spends most of the time without any radar service (even
when IFR, in the UK) so it's different to the USA.

I don't mind non-radar at all. But it sure seems as if European GA has a
lot more restrictions than we do.
Ron (EPM) (N5843Q, Mooney M20E) (CP, ASEL, ASES, IA)