"Sam Spade" wrote in message
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Sure they can with an IFR certifed GPS. But, on a instrument rating ride
the examiner or inspector doing a proper check ride would avoid an airway
that cannot be flown with VOR equipment for the portion of the check ride
that involves testing the applicant's competency in flying a VOR airway
with VOR equipment.


Just because an examiner might want to see a VOR used to track an airway
doesn't imply that that is the only legal way to do so.

Just because an airway might be defined in reference to VORs to ensure that
they are trackable by using a VOR doesn't imply that that is the only way to
do so.

Just because there are official FAA documents that describe how to certify a
GPS receiver for IFR flight doesn't imply that that is required for IFR
flight.

You've gone off on several lines of reasoning that have led to nowhere.

Sam, it might very well be an oversight that there is no regulation
requiring IFR-certified GPS. It might very well be the intent of the FAA
that such a thing is required. They may change that in the future.

All this debate and all of your non-regulatory examples has convinced me
even more that no such regulation exists.
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