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    William Pete Hodges replied to the thread GPS backup.
    While there are 592 radio stations in Florida, most of them are FM which legacy ADF cannot use. According to Radio-Locator.com Florida...
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    William Pete Hodges reacted to Pinecone's post in the thread GPS backup with Like Like.
    VOR is the big round flat building with the witch's hat in the center. And there is an outer ring of antennas. TACAN is a small...
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    William Pete Hodges reacted to Brad W's post in the thread GPS backup with Like Like.
    Yes, different systems.... VOR, DME, Tacan....when considering the actual infrastructure from the standpoint of maintaining some and...
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    William Pete Hodges reacted to Mikey52's post in the thread GPS backup with Like Like.
    Going into the Island of Kinmen In Taiwan, we had a NDB-DME circle to land approach down to 400 feet.
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    William Pete Hodges reacted to Brad W's post in the thread GPS backup with Like Like.
    yeah, I doubt if many would disagree in that preference from a useability perspective....IF it's gotta be a legacy system. but for the...
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    William Pete Hodges reacted to KE5BM's post in the thread GPS backup with Like Like.
    After the 9/11 attacks, ATC got over 4,500 aircraft on the ground in less than 3 hours. And that was before the days of RNAV/GPS being...
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    Hmm, there were approaches before VORs and TACAN (which includes DME). NDB approaches did not require the station to be ON the field...
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    William Pete Hodges reacted to dtuuri's post in the thread GPS backup with Like Like.
    Yeah! That was MY post! But you might agree that with 592 AM radio stations in Florida it would be nice to have a simple device that...
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    William Pete Hodges reacted to dtuuri's post in the thread GPS backup with Like Like.
    Well, I'm not the one seeking IFR-approval for a GPS backup device. I just don't want to hit anything because I can't tell where I am...
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    William Pete Hodges reacted to Salty's post in the thread GPS backup with Like Like.
    This is how I used to always respond to this topic. During my last cross country deep into area I'd never been before, I started...
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    William Pete Hodges reacted to dtuuri's post in the thread GPS backup with Like Like.
    Yeah, it didn't take long for the digit heads to ruin a simple concept by making it complex, modern and expensive. DME/DME is line of...
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    William Pete Hodges reacted to ArrowFlyer86's post in the thread Underutilized aircraft for sale with Like Like.
    If you intend to be a happy owner then having a "known quantity" is a critical component of ownership. So.. If I've gotten experience...
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    William Pete Hodges reacted to murphey's post in the thread GPS backup with Like Like.
    Didn't learn about NDB? Just tune to your local AM station and practice. Of course that assumes you've got an ADF in the airplane. I...
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    William Pete Hodges reacted to Brad W's post in the thread GPS backup with Like Like.
    most of the mental gymnastics came when shooting an approach to an airport or do something else with an NDB that was located someplace...
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    William Pete Hodges reacted to chemgeek's post in the thread GPS backup with Like Like.
    If IFR in radar contact, your GPS backup is your COM. ATC can give vectors to get you where you need to go. GPS approach backup is your...
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