"Ron Garret" wrote in message
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Because if you hit terrain (you were aware that "cumulo granite" is a
euphemism for terrain, yes?) you are unlikely to survive. And if you
survive you are unlikely to escape serious injury. And your airplane is
likely to be totaled as well. That to my mind qualifies as a hazard.

Isn't that obvious?


That's all true, but it's true of all flight. The use of a handheld GPS for
IFR enroute navigation in US controlled airspace is not going to cause a
mountain to appear in front of you or wrest control of the aircraft away
from you and dive it into the ground.