C-130J NDB APPROACH AND LANDING - 4K
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
- C-130J pilots cockpit view and ATC audio during practice flying NDB (Non-Directional Beacon) approaches at TSTC Waco (KCNW). NDB approaches at not something we commonly fly but can be found at some of our more remote destinations.
Aircraft: USAF C-130J Hercules
Field: TSTC Waco (KCNW)
A non-directional (radio) beacon (NDB) is a radio transmitter at a known location, used as an aviation or marine navigational aid. As the name implies, the signal transmitted does not include inherent directional information, in contrast to other navigational aids such as low frequency radio range, VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) and TACAN. Automatic Direction Finder (ADF) equipment determines the direction or bearing to the NDB station relative to the aircraft by using a combination of directional and non-directional antennae to sense the direction in which the combined signal is strongest.
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Gotta love all that glass on the C-130, what a great versatile platform AND it sports a view!
Keep these videos coming! Awesome footage!
Ill never fly a C-130, but I can't stop admiring their wild versatility, utility, and beauty. This stuff is really really awesome footage. Please be nice to your maintainers!! Sincerely, a maintainer.
We have some awesome maintainers! Great people that deserve a lot of credit!
Attended TSTC back when it was TSTI in 1985. Pre-Navy.
Got my Multi IFR rating in 2007 in Fresno, California at FAT. Right next to FAT is Fresno Chandler where I had to perform an NDB DME ARC approach for my check ride. It was challenging but I nailed it. I'm surprised to still see NDB approaches in this day and age but they are fun. Unfortunately, that approach doesn't exist today and has since been replaced with an RNAV GPS approach.
Cool stuff. I think that my first ride in a C-130 was around 1982 time frame. Got to ride from Elmendorf to Hickam for a TDY once. That flight sucked! Best of luck to you.
Amazing video and Explanation of Approach procedures Thanks ✌🏻
Nice to see old school radio navigation still a thing, I really like it
It's fun to fly and a challenge when you get overly used to GPS.
I feel really old now, all of a sudden. did the student just ask at the beginning of the video, " What is NDB???"
Badass
Loveeeeeee your videos!
my left ear enjoyed the ride :D
Awesome vid! Love it!
One peek = 1000 crosschecks...
I love it. One of my early T-1 sorties as an IP was somewhere (? - Columbus) with studs doing a night NDB circle at mins - mostly perpendicular to runway....just crazy. Probably one of the hardest things to do - all considered. Glad to see we're not GPSing everything to death....
Helps when the J isn't certified to fly RNAV approaches.
Love these videos. Thanks for sharing.
The speed increase comment was a little odd, was that a joke? Of course it doesn't increase turning into wind; you are moving in the air mass, not moving over the ground. Have heard junior pilots say that from time to time though.
Had to rewatch it. He does say that and I just go along with it. Honestly probably wasnt on my mind to debate it at the moment but you're right.
Yeah man, that happens! Thanks for replying. Great videos, really appreciate seeing them . I was a H driver in a previous life, enjoy seeing the newer bird in action.
When I controlled, I always hated having the MAC/BOLAR/REACH guys coming over and asking for crazy shit like a full NDB with circles to the opposite. Perfect way to F UP my traffic flow (ditto for the single-engine jets with their practice SFO's).
Not shown here is us getting kicked out of the airspace later for that exact reason. Just got too busy.
🤣🤣 I used to love off the wall stuff like that, especially when giving a trainee a chance to screw the entire thing up......that's always fun to see how they react.
Push the nose, pull the tail? What does that mean? {obv I’m not a pilot}
A way to remember how to stay on course. On an NDB or RMI only approach, the only indication of your position is an arrow that points directly to the navigational aid (station). If you are flying towards the station, the head of the arrow will be in front of you or pointing towards the station. If flying away, the tail of the arrow will be in front of you with the head pointing behind you at the station. To fly the approach you are required to keep the arrow on a specific course. If the station is directly north of you and you are flying directly north, that course is 000 or 360. If you drift off course, say right of course, the arrow will point slightly left. To bring it back to 360, you need to fly a heading slightly left of the arrows head to "push" it back to your desired heading. The reverse would be true if flying away. If right of course, the arrows tail would point slightly right of 360 thus you need to fly a heading left of the tail to "pull" it back to your desired course of 360. Once back on course you remove the push or pull heading change.
@@ReachAviation thanks
Absolutely nothing stupid about this type of approach at all. Just requires a little bit more situational awareness and piloting ability. Also, back in the day, we used to home to AM radio stations, so you had basic navigation along with weather news and usually music on the flight.
Surprised NDBs still even a thing
Not many left around. Feel the few that remain are left for training only.
We were always told we’d use it in places like Africa. After literally a thousand Toneyville NDB PTs @ LRAFB, never did one out on the road anywhere.
everyone hates an ndb but it may save your life and it sorts out the good pilots from the so-so pilots
Their fun to fly from time to time.