Flying Magazine

MAY 15, 2024

READ MORE: Cirrus Adds Second Vision Jet Simulator In this scenario, the options are a 180-degree turn using only rudder to avoid overbanking—common when you lose the outside horizon reference—to get back to VFR conditions or contacting ATC to ask where the nearest VFR is. Next, introduce the VOR. Keep it realistic.

Crosswind 105

Crosswind Airplanes VOR Runway 105

Air Facts

OCTOBER 30, 2024

After startup, I’d record a VOR check in the aircraft log while waiting for our clearance. Rolling down the runway with reference only to my DG, I’d make minor heading corrections with the rudder to remain centered. We flew the usual approaches: VOR, ILS, and the now extinct NDB. Then came the long taxi to the runway.

NDB 52

NDB Checkride VOR Approach 52

Air Facts

APRIL 10, 2024

The written test had 25 questions and the hardest thing on the practical was explaining what VOR was and how it worked. Rudder stomping landings in the Cessna 180 that hated to stay in a straight line on the ground. In spring of 1967 I soloed after eight hours of dual and received my ticket that fall. First loop in the Citabria.

Pilot 52

Pilot General Aviation VOR Cockpit 52