Fly_Unity
Well-Known Member
Can you use a handheld on a part 91 flight to accept a direct to clearance?
I say "no" because the AIM 1-1-19 tbl 1-1-6.
However there are pilots who say yes because they are not using the handheld as their primary source of navigation. They say VOR cross checks/corrections, OR dead reckoning can be used as primary source.
So I can acccept a direct to a destination clearance, as long as I checked the winds aloft, find what heading I need to fly in order to track direct, then go fly it without any navigation instruments?
John Deakin explains how it is legal..
http://www.warmkessel.com/jr/flying/td/jd/11.jsp
I say "no" because the AIM 1-1-19 tbl 1-1-6.
However there are pilots who say yes because they are not using the handheld as their primary source of navigation. They say VOR cross checks/corrections, OR dead reckoning can be used as primary source.
So I can acccept a direct to a destination clearance, as long as I checked the winds aloft, find what heading I need to fly in order to track direct, then go fly it without any navigation instruments?
John Deakin explains how it is legal..
http://www.warmkessel.com/jr/flying/td/jd/11.jsp