Are handheld GPSes becoming a defacto primary nav source?

"jeff" wrote in message ...

ok, but wasnt there navaids that you could use to get to the point you
were
cleared to?
If I am told cleared to xxx VOR which is say, 200 nm miles away, I am
assuming I
am cleared to there, so to get there, I will use the navaids available in
my
area. So if you was cleared direct to EMP you would use
KLVS V190 DHT V234
then expect more at EMP or close to it.
thats how I would take it, unless told otherwise, If I had questions I
would
ask.


Well, that's not "direct". "Direct" to a fix means a straight line from
your present position to the fix.