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Perhaps I should clarify rather than change my tune. Hard IFR would
imply to me that you are flying under IFR. When the FAA says "under
IFR", I take that to mean you are filed - regardless of whether the
conditions warrant it. But an being on an IFR flight plan would not
necessarily imply that the conditions are IMC.

So, yeah - you could be flying an IFR plan(i.e. "under IFR") with
perfectly good VFR conditions. The reg would indicate that *any*time
you are on an IFR plan (i.e. "under IFR"), regardless of the weather,
you can't use portable electronics. My original comment about not
being able to use the laptop while in "hard IFR" implied that you are
flying on an IFR plan (i.e. "under IFR"), hence under IFR regs and
could not therefore legally use it.

"Dave" wrote in message
m...
[...] My original comment about not
being able to use the laptop while in "hard IFR" implied that you are
flying on an IFR plan (i.e. "under IFR"), hence under IFR regs and
could not therefore legally use it.

Suppose I told you "it's illegal to fly an airplane IFR without a current
annual inspection". Suppose you didn't already know that annual inspections
are required for ALL flight in Normal category aircraft (among others),
whether IFR or not. Do you feel that my statement would be useful? That
is, that it would tell you what you need to know?

Even given that you know annuals are required for VFR flight, do you think
what I said was -- even though completely true -- a useful contribution to a
discussion?

The use of "hard IFR" in your original statement implied (without actually
saying so) that the regulation applies *only* to "hard IFR" flight. It is
this misleading nature of your original statement that Dan (and subsequently
I) was taking issue with.

Pete