Bloggs, I was tongue-in-cheek when I asked what a DME arrival was - as I said, it must be something that is peculiar to Australia, and it is. (There are VOR DME, and LOC DME approaches elsewhere, but no DME arrivals within a blanket sector). The most memorable one being for a straight in approach to R/W33 CNS.
It was the DME arrival into CNS that almost cost
Ansett (RIP) an A320 - TWICE - when a couple of Yank scabs misread the steps. Ironically it was the ATC radar that the
AFAP had pushed for, for many years, that saved them.
Who can forget those DME homing exercises in the box? Especially with Jacques on the F27 in ANSW - he'd set you up 50nm away, stick in a good initial headwind, and then wander off to the canteen (or hosties crew room) for half an hour.
DME homing...does anyone practice THAT anymore?