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Old 14th October 2011 | 13:56
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captjns
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It’s unbelievable in this modern age of aviation that there are airports that do not have radar, thus requiring a full procedure to be flown be it VMC or IMC.

Our airline operates to such airports. That said there are some airports that provide a procedure turn as a means to provide a course reversal. In such cases, I still encourage a full raw data non-auto-throttle operation.

We also operate to airports where a 15 mile outbound tear drop approach is flown. Great for energy management practice too…. again without the automatics or map displays. Great practice and enjoyable too..

And yes there are a few airports with DME ARC approaches too. PND to VOR /CENTER to follow the RMIs.

Yes… one can almost convert an electric jet to a pseudo steam gauge jet.
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