"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
gatt writes:

Stare at a GPS display plugged into the cigarette lighter to view my
actual
track, groundspeed, ETA, ATA and get other route information along a VFR
airway.

I thought the whole purpose of VFR was to look out the window.

Spoken like some idiot who has never flown anything.

VFR is IFR in a clock tick. People who actually fly (especially cargo IFR)
anywhere accept this. You don't understand because you live in a world
where every experience must adhere to some rule. Reality is almost always
unfriendly and wholly non-negotiable.

With few exceptions:

No student prefers ADF to GPS at first glance.

No hopeful airline pilot, newly flying boxes, ten years ago, would turn down
the gift of a new handheld GPS.

No minted IFR flyer, with hobby habits, would turn down a glass panel in
favour of a vintage panel.

I could be wrong, but I'm not.

All it takes is qualified people to post differently.

moo