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VOR using azimuth dial

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Haydn Pound
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In your notification of part 61 changes for IREX ( https://www.bobtait.com.au/files/pdf/supplements/Part61-IREX.pdf), you wrote: [i]In an azimuth guidance procedure, the pilot orientates by referring to a needle moving over an azimuth dial. The ADF is an example of an azimuth guidance procedure as is the VOR when it is displayed on an RMI as a needle indication. The indications are relative to the particular location of the ground based aid.[/i]

Is it possible to fly a VOR approach using an azimuth dial and needle indication? If yes, presumably this would be considered an azimuth guidance operation for the purposes of 61.870?

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Bob Tait
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The only thing that defines azimuth guidance is the face of the instrument you are looking at. If it is a pointer moving over a circular scale of directions, it is azimuth guidance, no matter what aid you have selected (ADF, VOR or GPS).



   
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Haydn Pound
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Thanks. That makes sense.



   
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