"Paul Folbrecht" wrote in message
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That is exactly what I did the first time I got such a clearance. I was
told (this was being relayed by the class D airport's ground controller)
that I "should" be able to handle that clearance with "a GPS". (Note -
not "VFR GPS"; this had me wondering if ATC is even making any distinction
between IFR/non-IFR GPS!.)


From an ATC perspective in enroute use there is no distinction.



Flustered, I canceled IFR and went VFR. A related factor was that that
routing was taking me excessively off-course, enough that I would have
then had to include a fuel stop.

A direct route took you excessively off course?