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Old May 4th 06, 06:46 PM posted to rec.aviation.ifr
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Default IFR use of handheld GPS



gregscheetah wrote:

Since direct can only be given under radar control (IFR GPS or
otherwise) ....



I am not sure where everyone is getting this information. Maybe it is
a 'rule' but I have often been given direct routes when out of ATC
radar and, for a while, out of ATC communications. And I don't have a
panel GPS. I use the handheld. But I always get a vector before hand,
not for legality, but in case the GPS craps out I have some idea of
what direction to fly.


You're not direct, you're on a vector. If you are on a random route
you're supposed to be in radar contact, some centers don't care. Salt
Lake frequently allows aircraft to go direct for hundreds of miles
without being in radar contact.