Norwood Memorial Airport's LOC RWY 35 approach is deemed "retro" due to its reliance on traditional Outer Marker (OM) and Locator Outer Marker (LOM) beacons, which, despite being increasingly ...
In an era of WAAS GPS navigation systems on board even the smallest aircraft, flying a localizer back-course approach could seem rather archaic. Indeed, for years many pilots viewed a LOC BC approach ...