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Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 11:58:34 -0800
From: Timothy Walker <timo@intergate.bc.ca>
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Nancy Hattaway Miller wrote:

> Let's say you have an Automatic Direction Finder in your trainer. Lucky
> you! You can navigate by difficult methods due to be phased out in the
> coming decade. In fact, your DPE can ask you to demonstrate that
> knowledge on your checkride (a good reason to select an airplane without
> an ADF for that ride)! You can learn to compensate for wind all on your
> own or learn to fly in arcs where straight lines would make more sense,
> your choice. You can use the Automatic Downpour Finder to find
> thunderstorms and fly right to them, or more accurately put to fly in an
> arc to them. And of course you can actually practice some of the more
> arcane questions on the Private Pilot Knowledge Test.
>
> But all that good stuff aside, the ADF upgrades your simple trainer to a
> simple trainer with an AM radio... just like that '67 Chevy the crazy
> guy down the block drives (or that you drove in, uh... 1967).
>
> Anyway, the point of all this is: Tired of looking for a working NDB?
> Tired of Limbaugh? Want to impress your CFI by flying your long cross
> country solely by reference to AM radio stations? Just want to listen to
> the game?
>
> Then check out this site, which is the FCC database for AM radio
> stations. It doesn't list format but it does give latitude/longitude
> information and allows you to query by state, city, lat/long, call sign,
> etc.
>
> http://www.fcc.gov/mmb/asd/amq.html
>
> By the way, once you get your license, be careful when showing off the
> AM radio properties of the ADF to your new passengers. It's dangerous.
> For example, I learned at 6500' that my 10 yr old niece prefers urban
> rock, and once she knew she COULD listen to it in the airplane, she HAD
> to. Whew!
>
> Have fun!
> Nancy

Hey

I would not knock the ADF. It can be more valuable then you think. I would
love
to have ILS and VOR's all over but here they just do not exist.(CANADA)
The flying skills you need to do a proper NDB approach is great. Keeps you
on
your toes. The americans had a Lear Jet that went into the side of a
mountain cause
they did not know how to fly an NDB approach properly. More jobs for the
ones
that can fly i guess..........

--
Timothy Walker
Mailto:timo@intergate.bc.ca


