No.
If you're using GPS during a VFR mission, there's only one reason to have a VOR - to listen to AM radio as the miles pass by...
That would be a good trick...
I think you are referring to an ADF receiver....
+1 on the map.
Nice to have a compass and a watch or clock, too. And maybe even a calculator.
Dave
BTW - for anyone looking for a fun flight, turn off or cover all your navigation equipment, !
I agree with Bob regards the map as a back-up to a GPS (or Vise-Versa). But after being an instructor for 44 yrs now, I find that many current generation pilots can't navigate with only a chart and a watch.
Supposedly, a single, small-ish by today's standards, nuclear warhead that is detonated at an earth-orbital altitude** would render a very large number of satellites useless. There may be a couple of nuclear-capable countries out there who would be willing to try it just to get some global attention (Quiz: can you think of any leaders today who are looking for some global attention? . And if that happens, I can imagine 100,000 airborne, GPS-dependent pilots around the world who haven't a clue as to exactly where they are or how to get where they're going.
So I second the idea of routinely practicing alternative methods of navigation: pilotage, dead reckoning, VOR, whatever you have.
** Something that was actually done 50+ years ago until the US and USSR realized how awful it is and agreed to stop space testing of nuclear weapons! Google "Starfish Prime" for info on one such test.
Supposedly, a single, small-ish by today's standards, nuclear warhead that is detonated at an earth-orbital altitude** would render a very large number of satellites useless. There may be a couple of nuclear-capable countries out there who would be willing to try it just to get some global attention (Quiz: can you think of any leaders today who are looking for some global attention? . And if that happens, I can imagine 100,000 airborne, GPS-dependent pilots around the world who haven't a clue as to exactly where they are or how to get where they're going.
So I second the idea of routinely practicing alternative methods of navigation: pilotage, dead reckoning, VOR, whatever you have.
** Something that was actually done 50+ years ago until the US and USSR realized how awful it is and agreed to stop space testing of nuclear weapons! Google "Starfish Prime" for info on one such test.
A VOR receiver may not be as advanced or as useful as a GPS receiver, but it is still useful. And to the comment that you'll have your head stuck in the cockpit messing with VOR frequencies...well...I've seen that *far* more often with people futzing with their GPS: looking down, watching the map go by instead of looking out and watching the world go by seems to be pretty common.
You brought up a very interesting and relevant topic and the military loses sleep over this issue. Any kind of EMF warfare or even sun spots can seriously degrade Command and Control and render cockpit communications, navigation, and cockpit SA sensors inop. Our war fighting abilities are greatly degraded operating under those conditions.
We don't have one. There is one reason that one can be useful. handy if you need to use a RCO.No. If you're using GPS during a VFR mission, there's only one reason to have a VOR - to listen to AM radio as the miles pass by...
... OR getting caught in the soup, in which case I like the idea of having a NAV radio for use with an ILS.
G1000 equipped aircraft can still hit mountains: http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20071121X01832&key=1
Whatever you use, make sure you KNOW how to use it.
Bet the dudes in the LORAN days thought that their system would NEVER be turned off