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Old December 15th 03, 03:22 AM
Andrew Gideon
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Roy Smith wrote:

As much as I'm a sucker for tradition, I just can't justify to
myself wasting any time practicing NDB approaches when the time could be
much more profitably spend learning the GPS. The trick is to make sure
you don't get so spoiled by the GPS that you can't fly with VOR alone.


It's certainly time well spent to *really* learn the GPS. But a good NDB
approach, or hold, is quite satisfying. Given the choice of which to
carry, I'd pick the GPS. But if I have the NDB, I'll use it.

- Andrew