Went for a fly the other day in a Cirrus. Impressive aircraft all around, very nicely decked out with all the latest equipment including a GNS430, had everything
except a trusty old ADF.
I didn't think to much of this until it came time to do the ILS!
Wasn't a major problem this time considering the A/C GPS is IFR approved and it showed as we flew directly over the locator. Point is do you actually
need an ADF on board for the ILS approach? (This airport doesn't have a DME either before I get into that avenue!) We always get asked "Contact the tower passing the locator," but the chart doesn't say that you require the ADF.
Any thoughts?
Cheers,
GA Driver