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Flight Plans
The GPS 500 lets you create up to 20 flight plans, with up to 31 waypoints in each flight plan.
Flight plans are created, edited and activated using the FPL key. The FPL page group includes two
pages: the Active Flight Plan page and the Flight Plan catalog. The Active Flight Plan page provides
information and editing features for the flight plan currently in use (referred to as “flight plan 00”). The
Flight Plan catalog serves as the main page for creating new flight plans, as well as editing or activating
previously created flight plans.
pages: the Active Flight Plan page and the Flight Plan catalog. The Active Flight Plan page provides
information and editing features for the flight plan currently in use (referred to as “flight plan 00”). The
Flight Plan catalog serves as the main page for creating new flight plans, as well as editing or activating
previously created flight plans.
Since using flight plans is one of the more complex features of the GPS 500, it will only be dis-
cussed briefly here—focusing on creating a new flight plan and activating it to use for navigation. After
reading through this brief introduction, answers to additional questions about flight plans can be found
in the reference section, starting on page 43.
reading through this brief introduction, answers to additional questions about flight plans can be found
in the reference section, starting on page 43.
To create a new flight plan:
1. Press the FPL key and rotate the small right knob to select the Flight Plan catalog.
2. Press the MENU key to display the Flight Plan catalog options.
3. Rotate the large right knob to select “Create New Flight Plan?” and press ENT.
4. The cursor appears on the first waypoint identifier field (located directly below “WAYPOINT”). Use the large and
small right knobs to enter the identifier of the first waypoint in the flight plan (the small knob is used to select
the desired letter or number and the large knob is used to move to the next character space).
the desired letter or number and the large knob is used to move to the next character space).
5. Press ENT once the identifier has been selected. The cursor moves to the next blank waypoint identifier field.
6. Repeat steps 4 and 5, above, until all waypoints for the flight plan have been entered. Once the flight plan is
created, it may be activated from an options window. Activating the flight plan places it into “flight plan 00” (a
copy of it will still reside in the original catalog location) and replaces any flight plan which currently exists in
“flight plan 00.”
copy of it will still reside in the original catalog location) and replaces any flight plan which currently exists in
“flight plan 00.”
Active Flight Plan page with flight plan currently in
use.
use.
To create a new flight plan, select “Create New
Flight Plan?” from the Flight Plan catalog options.
Flight Plan?” from the Flight Plan catalog options.
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