JackinMichigan
Well Known Member
Today I did a VFR flight to an airport I've never been to. To keep my nav skills sharp I plotted a course old school using a number of VOR stations to navigate, keeping my iPad and GPS handy as a backup. Moments after takeoff I dialed in the first VOR station and - nothing. No signal or audio identifier. I switched around to other stations and was able to read them, but not the one I was most counting on for this flight. This is the second time I've experienced this (different VOR last time, and it was down for 3 weeks).
How do I know if a VOR is inoperative BEFORE I plot a course relying on it? Is the FAA just allowing these things to fail? Are they in the process of obsoleting them? Just wondering if I should stop using them all together.
How do I know if a VOR is inoperative BEFORE I plot a course relying on it? Is the FAA just allowing these things to fail? Are they in the process of obsoleting them? Just wondering if I should stop using them all together.