-----Original Message-----
From: Robert M. Gary ]
Posted At: Friday, January 19, 2007 12:20 PM
Posted To: rec.aviation.ifr
Conversation: How wide is an NDB approach course?
Subject: How wide is an NDB approach course?


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If, when reaching the MAP, you are in the same city as the airport you
count yourself luck.

-Robert

I realize a lot of the responses are written in humor, but lest some of
the younger readers get the wrong impression - it is still possible to
properly execute an NDB approach and safely arrive if the weather is
above published minimums. Hundreds of pilots flew LF range and NDB
approaches for many years without killing themselves or their
passengers.

Just because the technology has advanced to what we have today with WAAS
GPSs and XM weather and roll-steering autopilots doesn't mean that the
old NDB approach is inherently unsafe.

I believe the unsafe aspect of the system is the lack of training in
modern curriculums and our lack of practice with the equipment.