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Old 22nd Jul 2016, 11:17
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Captain Dart
 
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VOR jammed up: use VOR 2 receiver if you have one, or the trusty ADF. Ground station failure? Should be other beacons to divert to.

Electrical system failure: yep, you are up the proverbial creek (not a scenario in Old Akro's post, it was antenna failure). You may be lucky enough to have 2 independent GPS systems with separate antennae to cover an on-board failure if that is what you meant by 'electrical failure'.

Entire or part GPS constellation affected by jamming, solar flare or military activity: use the VOR or ADF...oh, wait...

I suppose that that radar vectors to one of Australia's few ILS somewhere might be an option.

We could always bring back the VDF approach!

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