Yes. And not even that Kollsman thing with knobs and counter wheels on it, having aligned the Ground Waves, or First Hop Sky Waves, had to count the blips on an oscilloscope to get the reading.
Consol anyone ? Nantucket 194 Kc - or was it Mb ? getting confused by Bill Gates.
Recently flying a microlight with a fitted GPS, couldn't be bothered to re-programme it to GoTo another airfield to get a cross bearing, so pulled a handheld out of my pocket - had to laugh, used to navigate a 707 with a sextant, now using 2 GPS's - in a microlight !!
Flying with the open cockpit and leather helmet, I confuse the approaching commuter airline guys by telling them I'm bearing XXX at XX nm from our airfield, which is equipped with only an NDB. Couldn't do it accurately enough without GPS.
Won't let my students use GPS until they can prove that they can read a map. Once had a co-pilot tell me to fly a hdg. of 310 leaving Singapore for Australia. That's what the INS told him, he said.
No harm using the new toys, but it's a bit like using a computer before you can use a pen, or do sums ! Learn the basics first.