In article .net,
"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote:

Right, ATC doesn't get into enforcement. You can very easily, and much
more accurately, fly an NDB approach with a handheld GPS. But it ain't
legal. Same with direct using a handheld. Your beef will be with FSDO.


There's nothing illegal in the use of a handheld GPS for IFR enroute flight
in US controlled airspace.

There is if you use it for primary navigation, which you would be if you
were flying direct to an intersection rather than a VOR, or direct to a
VOR that you can't receive at your current location.

rg