Originally Posted by Shunter
You'll need to brush up on the NDB work back here though; they're all but an extinct species in the states these days.
I actually I found several NDB approaches to practice on in the US, indeed iirc my check ride included a partial panel NDB approach. If there is a lack of NDBs in a particular area, if you can slave the RMI to the GPS (if there is one on the aircraft) you can effectively practice this way albeit without dip. (likewise is you have an HSI you can slave the GPS to that and do a much more civilised version of an NDB approach using the GPS NDB fix).
The FAA check ride requires you to do every type pf approach that your aircraft is equipped for so it's worth avoiding aircraft that are equipped with GPS purely to save yourself practicing something that you wont use over here, (unless of course you pull the CB and stick an inop sticker on the GPS unit for the check ride) you can brush up on GPS approaches on a computer simulator easily enough.