Garmin GNS 530AW Pilot's Manual & Reference page 86

4 - FLIGHT PLANS
Active Flight Plan Options
Points to remember with Parallel Track:
• You must have an active flight plan
• The current leg must support parallel track
• Parallel track is not allowed for the active leg of an
approach
• Parallel track is not allowed if the active leg is not a
track-to-fix or direct-to-fix leg
• Parallel track may be allowed but not the selected
offset distance
To set a parallel track to your flight plan.
1. With the Active Flight Plan Page displayed,
press MENU to display the Active Flight Plan
Page Options window.
Select "Parallel Track?" to set a parallel track
to your current flight plan.
Turn the large right knob to highlight "Parallel
2.
Track?" and press ENT.
3. Turn the small and large right knobs to
set the Offset Distance value and then press
ENT.
Turn the large right knob to highlight the
4.
Offset Direction.
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5. Turn the small right knob to select the desired
Offset Direction and press ENT.
Activate? is highlighted. Press ENT to activate
6.
the selected Parallel Track. Or, press CLR or the
small right knob (CRSR) to cancel Parallel
Track selection.
After activating Parallel Track, the flight plan
will show "-P" for each leg to indicate
Parallel Track is active and GPS-PTK will be
annunciated in the lower left corner.
Original
waypoint
Original
flight plan
course line
After setting a parallel track to your current
flight plan, a magenta parallel track line will
be drawn offset from the original by the se-
lected distance. The original course line will
be drawn in white. The aircraft will navigate
to the parallel track course line.
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Parallel Track
offset waypoint
Present
Position