Video: <i>IFR</i> Magazine Shows You How to Use a GPS for NDB-Only Approaches

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You can’t legally fly an NDB approach in the clouds using a GPS unless it says “or GPS” in the title. But there’s nothing that says you can’t practice VFR what it’s like to fly an approach with a bearing pointer and no moving maps. Come along with IFR magazine editor-in-chief Jeff Van West and see how to make your glass cockpit (or portable GPS) go retro to fly an old-school NDB approach just for the fun and proficiency of it.

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