Jay Honeck wrote:
Since nowadays VFR pilots have little use for VORs, (I don't turn them
on -- ever -- except for the occasional practice VOR approach), to put
those
kind of questions on the Private written exam is just another way to weed
out
potential pilots.


Gee...when I took the written back in 1980, most of the questions were 1)
pilotage/dead-reckoning, 2) ADF, and 3) VOR, in that order. RNAV didn't
exist except in bizjets and DME was an analog display (50nm max range).

Your cross-country was supposed to be pilotage and using VOR's only for
cross-checking.