AV Web

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

As I got close to the airport and Potomac Approach established my position, the following conversation ensued: Approach: Maintain current heading, intercept and follow radial XXX AML VOR. Approach: In that case maintain current heading, intercept and follow radial XXX Georgetown NDB. Me: Negative NDB, Sir.

NDB 90

NDB VOR Approach 90

Air Facts

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Then, we’d meet in Signature’s lobby, IAD’s FBO, and go over the day’s lesson: destination, altitude, maneuvers, approaches, and completion standards. We flew the usual approaches: VOR, ILS, and the now extinct NDB. Like Jimmy Stewart in Strategic Air Command, we flew GCA approaches at Andrews AFB.

NDB 52

NDB Checkride VOR Approach 52

Flying Magazine

MAY 6, 2024

Subscribe Now Featured A) Two Radials Depicted From the STL VOR, there are two radials depicted that intersect with the final approach path—the R-144 and the R-194. C) FAF Identification No DME is offered for this approach, but you could use an IFR GPS to help with identification of the final approach fix waypoint at the EAVES LOM.

VOR 59

VOR Final Approach Approach NDB 59