My point, not well made, is that you can fly a published
NDB procedure using a
GPS.
So I have nothing against NDB procedures, or VOR procedures for that matter
I don't see NDBs going away either, for many years. They are OK as locators and are a lot cheaper to keep going than VORs.
Whopity, I know what you are getting at but I am 100% sure one would hit terrain if one flew to EGKA on a track sufficiently different from the 20 inbound
at the MDH
I don't think that merely following the DME-based stepdowns would protect the obstacle clearance.
Is that actually legal?
100% legal for private ops. Only on AOC ops you have a procedure manual which specifies how things should be done. In private ops, the regs mandate equipment to be
carried, not equipment to be
used.