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Yes, I told ATC, and this is the most recent example. I have encountered this several times in the past and attribute it to the fact that local airport managers are responsible to communicate NDB outages to some FAA agency, but don't always do it.

TVX (Greencastle, Indiana) does not have a current NOTAM and is not in the published NOTAMs; yesterday it was clearly OTS

I continue to find that NDBs are out of service or have been decommissioned without any current or published NOTAMs. The NOTAM system recognizes some NDBs (those that are part of the National Air Space), but does not recognize many other NDBs Does anybody know : - Which organization within...

Ron, thank you very much for your explanation; I really appreciate this. This all now makes sense, i.e. the "SET COURSE TO xxx DEG" message only appears as long as GPS is the navigation source; with VLOC selected as navigation source this message will never come up, even if the pilot were to...

When a LOC BC (BACKCOURSE) approach is loaded in my Garmin GNS530W and the course has not been selected yet in the HSI, I get the usual Garmin message "SET COURSE TO xxx deg", where xxx is the BACK COURSE. I have raised this issue to Garmin to say they need the fix the algorithm in these units...

Re: Radar Approaches, Where Are Profile Views Published ? John, thank you very much for your comments; I appreciate this. I knew about the AIM explanation of ASR approaches, hence I asked about recommended altitudes at each mile from the runway. However, these are predicated upon an initial...

Today, I flew a practice no-gyro ASR approach to RWY 23 at Terre Haute International, Indiana (KHUF). The controller failed to tell me the altitude at the point from which to commence descent to the MDA, so I ended up with a steeper than normal descent gradient. 1. Why are radar approaches not...

John and Steven, thank you very much for having taken the time and effort to look into this and explain this in detail, I very much appreciate this. As John pointed out, the Jeppesen chart annotation is clearer : ADF is required to identify the missed approach hold, plus EITHER DME (MDA 1120 ')...

The approach plate for the ILS or LOC RWY 5R approach at Indianapolis International shows a localizer MDA of 1220 '. It also shows a "GOLSE FIX MINIMUM" for the same localizer approach of 1120 ' : 1. What is the meaning of these "Golse Fix Minimums"; i.e. why do they even exist ? 2. Why would...

John, I very much appreciate your follow-up with Jeppesen. If I understand your correctly, the problem is with Jeppesen/ARINC 424 data base, not with Garmin. I think you are saying that no GPS unit using Jeppesen navigation data will provide the LP approach because the navigation data is not...

I flew the RNAV (GPS) RWY 31 approach into Bedford, IN (KBFR) the other day and expected my Garmin GNS530W (main operating software v3.3) to annunciate "LP". Instead it annunciated LNAV + V, i.e. the LNAV approach with an advisory vertical guidance. When I questioned Garmin's Tech. Service I...