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Old 27th June 2003 | 05:16
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IO540
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Thank you for the link, I found it at

http://www.ais.org.uk/aes/pubs/aip/pdf/aic/4P041.PDF

It states that you can use a GPS so long as it does not replace conventional nav techniques. That is pretty obvious - one always needs a backup, either visual in VMC or VOR/DME in IMC.

It does not say that a GPS cannot be used as a primary navigation aid, and indeed almost everybody who flies modern well equipped planes does exactly that. Anything else is just unnecessary extra workload, and much less accurate.

I do read all the publications I come across, and the accident reports are always interesting. But a lot of the stuff in the GASIL wad which came through the post the other day appears to be written by old codgers who would regard a PA28-140 with a VOR receiver as a "modern" aircraft.
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