Navigation Training Today - Instructors
A quick question for some of you Nav instructors out there.
When I did my private and commercial nav training back in the early nineties it was rare to see any form of GPS equipment in a GA aircraft either handheld of otherwise. A few handhelds were starting to appear on the scene but our nav training as such was pure DR based on maps with lines drawn on them, compass, time, ground speed checks based on visual fixes and whiz wheels etc etc. Without a doubt I am a better map reader due to the fact I never had a GPS until well into my commercial flying days.
How much of a role does GPS play in modern instruction? Is it common now to see students heading off on Nav number 3 with a GPS on their lap or are the basic principles still taught and enforced without students having a GPS to help out?