Tacan Beacons Netherlands

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Hi All,One of the latest uploaded file is the scenery file for Tacan Beacons by Marcel Ritzema. I have downloaded this file as I always download everything concerning the Netherlands. :-)However, due to my lack of knowledge in aviation I do not quite know what to do with these beacons. I normally fly into or from Schiphol by Lago. I have the latest Sids and Stars for Schiphol. But, what can I do with these Beacons for the other dutch airports? How should I use it, what do these Tacan Beacons do? Or is it something I already had, but never knew about?I would appreciate if somebody could explain more about the Tacan Beacon and when or how to use this.Thanks in advance for your help!

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As far as I know, TACAN's are used on military airfields. Same sort of working as the VOR's. I am not 100% sure its the mil. VOR but I am sure they are military equipment. So you can use it for navigation when flying in the Dutch skies.T.

[Guest moomox]

TACAN is in fact a Military navaid facility that provides radial information like a VOR does. But if you don't have the equipment to use it, you can still get DME information from it my using a civilian frequency provided on maps and charts.

[Guest]

Hello Ferry,If you want to learn more about TACAN Navigation check this URL:http://www.radarpages.co.uk/mob/navaids/tacan/tacan1.htm(I'm sure there are more, but i found this site one very helpful.)regards,Pim