I really disagree with relying on GPS to learn how to get yourself so you know where you are... it's just such bad practice...
Thanks very much for your novel point of view--never heard here before. Just so we can put the right weight onto your statement, care to enlighten us as to what your qualifications and level of experience exactly are?
Not to dismiss any truth in your statement out of hand, but it sounds a bit naïve, on the "this is what my instructor told me so it must be true" side. If you care to read a few pages back you will see that it's been mentioned that for your PPL (and CPL) you should be taught to use everything you've got in your aircraft, GPS included. Once you're out there in the big world, a busy arrival at some big airport in IMC in a fast aircraft is really not the time to start mucking about with VORs and ADFs. In real-world flying a GPS will quickly become your best friend, so forget whatever crap your instructor might have fed you.
This from someone who does not use GPS for flying (enough of it on my day job)--I like my steam gauges, and if the place where I end up on looks distinctly unlike my intended destination, well so be it. I fly just for the fun of it and I'm not really that bothered
