Comments on: IFR 9: NDB (Non-Directional Beacons) http://onesandzeros.tangozulu.biz/2009/03/09/ifr-9-ndb-non-directional-beacons/ Software, aviation, electronics, economics, and other neat stuff. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:21:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: tangozulu http://onesandzeros.tangozulu.biz/2009/03/09/ifr-9-ndb-non-directional-beacons/#comment-624 tangozulu Tue, 10 Mar 2009 01:19:07 +0000 http://onesandzeros.tangozulu.biz/2009/03/09/ifr-9-ndb-non-directional-beacons/#comment-624 It would be convenient if we had a navigation radio that received the FM broadcast stations too! I've been practicing NDB and VOR on my sim. It's starting to come together now. I need to practice more till it is automatic though. It would be convenient if we had a navigation radio that received the FM broadcast stations too!

I’ve been practicing NDB and VOR on my sim. It’s starting to come together now. I need to practice more till it is automatic though.

]]> By: Rick http://onesandzeros.tangozulu.biz/2009/03/09/ifr-9-ndb-non-directional-beacons/#comment-623 Rick Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:46:06 +0000 http://onesandzeros.tangozulu.biz/2009/03/09/ifr-9-ndb-non-directional-beacons/#comment-623 Malcolm, This entry brought up many (mostly bad) memories of flying around GAI. I remember doing most of this flying at night, too. At least I got through this before the SFRA! I remember a lot of repeating to myself, "keep the needle 5/10/whatever degrees off to the left/right". Practicing on MS Flight Simulator or an online navigation simulator (http://www.visi.com/~mim/nav/ is what I used) was really helpful. The navigation ones are nice because you skip worrying about altitude and maintaining bank and such and focus on navigation. I actually found NDB approaches to be a good skill to learn. Funny story: after all the practice I did, the aircraft I was renting was out of commission on the day of my practical exam, so I flew one... which didn't have an ADF... but did have a GPS, which I had never used. The examiner was kind to me and let me get away with just doing VOR/ILS approaches. Naturally, the number of times I've done an NDB approach or even used the NDB for (primary) navigation, much less an approach is zero. I have spent a fair amount of time listening to talk radio and sports, though. rick Malcolm,

This entry brought up many (mostly bad) memories of flying around GAI. I remember doing most of this flying at night, too. At least I got through this before the SFRA! I remember a lot of repeating to myself, “keep the needle 5/10/whatever degrees off to the left/right”.

Practicing on MS Flight Simulator or an online navigation simulator (http://www.visi.com/~mim/nav/ is what I used) was really helpful. The navigation ones are nice because you skip worrying about altitude and maintaining bank and such and focus on navigation. I actually found NDB approaches to be a good skill to learn.

Funny story: after all the practice I did, the aircraft I was renting was out of commission on the day of my practical exam, so I flew one… which didn’t have an ADF… but did have a GPS, which I had never used. The examiner was kind to me and let me get away with just doing VOR/ILS approaches.

Naturally, the number of times I’ve done an NDB approach or even used the NDB for (primary) navigation, much less an approach is zero. I have spent a fair amount of time listening to talk radio and sports, though.

rick

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