Bye Bye Loran

[CopterCenturian]

In case anyone cares- Loran is a has been.
http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/LORAN/geninfo/default.htm

Ken

[choppergabor]

Good info Ken thanks. LORAN became quickly outdated after GPS came to light. I wish though we could have other long range options though.... Oh I see you are in Clearwater. Hi Neighbor :)

[Passin' Thru]

Gabi, you still have ADF!

[choppergabor]

Gabi, you still have ADF!

Hahahaha that's a good one :) That friggin direction finder goes nuts when there is a lightning storm in the neighborhood :)

[Trez]

In case anyone cares- Loran is a has been.
http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/LORAN/geninfo/default.htm

Ken

Hopefully, it has gone to the same place as 'pressure-pattern nav'. Ugh!

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[CopterCenturian]

Gabor,

Hello back at ya. I am also right there in with you- I really liked loran and the updates were free. It even recognized when you entered a new area and would upload the regional data base automatically.
I guess we better hope those GPS satellites have been built to handle emp pulses and neutrino bursts or one huge solar flare might be a problem for a whole lot of people.
At least the technology of loran has paid for itself and if you think of it - GPS is loran in space.

Ken

[choppergabor]

Ken that is exactly what GPS is :) Of course we can always have outages...... Nothing is bullet proof as of yet. What do you fly? UH1 or 212?

[Chuck Roberg]

I don't know what you guys are talking about. I still miss the old A/N stations. ;-)

[Passin' Thru]

I don't know what you guys are talking about. I still miss the old A/N stations. ;-)

They were considered marvelous in their day! :D

[RotoPlane]

Hopefully they won't drop VOR anytime soon….

[ms80831]

Flew my 210 from Colorado Springs to the Florida Keys and back last spring, didn't use a VOR once.

[PW_Plack]

Well, I just hope they're not considering ending the bonfires on hilltops. Nothing like old tech for reliability! ;)

[choppergabor]

Well, I just hope they're not considering ending the bonfires on hilltops. Nothing like old tech for reliability! ;)
Or a nice hand held flash light straight up into the sky and spiral down following the light :) (does that qualify as a non precision approach?)

[jcarleto]

Alas, poor Loran, I knew it well.

As far as interruptions..you didn't need an EMP to mess it up, a good, strong thunderstorm usually did the trick.

I just had my ADF antenna put back on (after it was removed for a windshield upgrade) on my Bonanza. I still like listening to AM radio sometimes while flying long, boring legs. Granted, most folks have switched to satellite radio, but I'm still old school.

I "taught" my young CFII how to do an ADF approach on my last Instrument Competency Checkride. He'd never used one before. There are still a few around.

[choppergabor]

Jon isn't that cool when you show new stuff to either the instructor or the examiner. I found it to be always the case that from that point your check ride is considered to be successful :)

[CopterCenturian]

I spent my helicopter time as a UH-1 Crewchief.

Maybe we can reanimate Omega while we are at it- Just Joking- REALLY just joking.

Ken

[jcarleto]

Ahh...inertial navigation..."throw a rock and follow it."

[Trez]

And there were 'Low Freq. Range' approaches...........

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