Is this really the way new instrument
students are being taught these days? Is the VOR already dead in the
classroom?

Let's see...
I passed my Private Pilot in Jan, and got my instrument rating a
couple weeks ago. GPS? not much. Got my PPL in a Tomahawk with
one navcom. I can switch freqs and dial quickly to approximate where
I am. IFR? Give me a plane with 2 VORs and "I'm golden". Gimme an
ADF and a (real, not GPS) DME, and I'm quite happy.

Now I just need to get confident enough to go fly in the soup
alone....

--Don
Don Byrer
Electronics Technician / Friendly but Sarcastic Pilot
FAA Airways Facilites/Tech Ops, RADAR/Data/Comm @ CLE
Amateur Radio KJ5KB
Instrument Pilot Commercial Student
PP-ASEL 30 Jan 2005 "-IA" 25 Mar 2005