John R. Copeland wrote:
Roy, I wouldn't be so 'absolute' about it.
How about this benefit for VFR as well as IFR...?
With the astounding databases in the CNX80/GNS480,
I rarely unfold my enroute charts in the cockpit anymore.
If I'm expecting a visual approach, I might not even break out
my approach plates.
Airport data, frequencies, runways, etc., all are available at my =
fingertips.

It's certainly handy to be able to look comm frequencies up in the
database, VFR or IFR. No question about that. I didn't say it wasn't
useful, just that it was overkill for VFR-only use. Can you really
justify a $10k box just to give you an electronic frequency directory?
If you can, you must have a fatter wallet than I do :-)

I would imagine a list of all ATC frequencies for the whole US would
fit in a Palm Pilot. Surely somebody has made that into a product by
now, havn't they?