Hi Hai,

Recently, Longworth posted:

On Mar 3, 1:57 pm, "Neil Gould" wrote:
I agree with much of what you wrote. I was originally reacting to
the idea that theGPSis "indispensable." The difference, in my view,
is that truly indispensable equipment would ground the plane if it
was inoperative or require landing ASAP if if failed in flight, and
aGPSshould only rise to that level of importance in very specific
cases.

Neil,
I checked my original post and here is what I wrote: " The hand-
held GPS has become an indispensable cross-country piece of equipment
for us". The key word is cross country. Our typcial cross country
trips are more than several hundred nautical miles covering several
states. Of course, we can do such trips with nothing more than a set
of sectional charts and our eyeballs but we would not want to embark
on such a trip without having a long list of items checked and the GPS
is one item which I definitely want to have.
[...]

Again, I agree with your appreciation of a hand-held, as I also use mine
in much the same way that you've described. I was being a bit nit-picky
about the terminology, that's all... I see it as an additional rather
than primary source of information, mostly for situational awareness.

Best,

Neil