Nope. It's up to the DPE to choose which ever 2 non precision approaches he wants you to do. It doesn't have to be an NDB approach.
Question about the written and practical exams
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MauleSkinner
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Be wary of "what you've always heard" in aviation. There are more old wives' tales than there are old wives.
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MauleSkinner
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"But I read on the internet........"
"...that you shouldn't believe anything you read on the internet!"
"Don't believe everything you read on the internet" - Abraham Lincoln"But I read on the internet........"
DMD3.
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Well I won't argue there. But then what of those who disengaged their ADF for the checkride?
MauleSkinner
Touchdown! Greaser!
It's the examiner's choice which two non precision approaches you do...if you show up with an ADF, an NDB approach is one of the examiner's choices.
As to whether deactivating/removing an ADF for the check ride is a legitimate cop-out or not when NDB approaches aren't that tough when properly taught, I'll keep my opinions to myself.
The plane that I took my ride in didn't have an ADFIt's the examiner's choice which two non precision approaches you do...if you show up with an ADF, an NDB approach is one of the examiner's choices.
As to whether deactivating/removing an ADF for the check ride is a legitimate cop-out or not when NDB approaches aren't that tough when properly taught, I'll keep my opinions to myself.
It's the examiner's choice which two non precision approaches you do...if you show up with an ADF, an NDB approach is one of the examiner's choices.
As to whether deactivating/removing an ADF for the check ride is a legitimate cop-out or not when NDB approaches aren't that tough when properly taught, I'll keep my opinions to myself.
Yeah, you know, I thought the NDB approach was pretty easy. On my check ride the examiner told me to stay at 3000' and just fly the horizontal profile.
DMD3.
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It's the examiner's choice which two non precision approaches you do...if you show up with an ADF, an NDB approach is one of the examiner's choices.
As to whether deactivating/removing an ADF for the check ride is a legitimate cop-out or not when NDB approaches aren't that tough when properly taught, I'll keep my opinions to myself.
The extra aircraft rental/instructor fees in being required to learn them is another factor, though I won't pretend that I'm an overachiever who likes an extra challenge.
DMD3.
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MauleSkinner
Touchdown! Greaser!
It's cheaper and more effective to learn NDB work in a hangar with a compass rose on a piece of paper and a pencil for an ADF needle.
DMD3.
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They're supposed to be all decommissioned by 2020 anyway, so I say what's the point?
MauleSkinner
Touchdown! Greaser!
They're supposed to be all decommissioned by 2020 anyway, so I say what's the point?
True...wait'll 2020 to get your instrument rating...
DMD3.
Pre-takeoff checklist
Nah, I'll just wait until our rental aircraft have GPS installed. They're supposed to be getting Garmin 650s.
