Originally Posted by
double_barrel
...how is knowing the bearing of an NDB any worse/different from knowing which VOR radial you are on?
Another thing is that you need two instruments to work to know the bearing of an NDB, unless you use an RMI. With a VOR, just one instrument can provide this information. From a practical point of view, chasing an ADF needle around the dial is more work than keeping a CDI centered (in my view).