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Trip Planning
Trip planning allows you to view desired track (DTK),
distance (DIS), estimated time enroute (ETE), estimated
time of arrival (ETA), and enroute safe altitude (ESA)
for a Direct-to, point-to-point between two specified
waypoints, or for any programmed flight plan. This option
also displays the sunrise/sunset times for your destination
waypoint (for the selected departure date).
To perform trip planning operations:
1. Select the AUX-TRIP PLANNING page.
2. The current page mode is displayed at the
top of the page: 'AUTOMATIC' or 'MANUAL'.
To change the page mode, press the AUTO or
MANUAL softkey.
For Direct-to planning, press the WPTS softkey
3.
and verify that the from waypoint field indi-
cates P.POS (present position). If necessary,
go to the Page Menu and select 'Set WPT to
Present Position' to display P.POS. Press the
ENT key and the flashing cursor moves to the
'to' waypoint field. Turn the small and large
FMS knobs to enter the identifier of the 'to'
waypoint and press the ENT key to accept the
waypoint. OR,
4. For point-to-point planning, turn the
small and large FMS knobs to enter the
identifier of the from waypoint. Once
the waypoints identifier is entered, press
the ENT key to accept the waypoint. The
flashing cursor moves to the 'to' waypoint.
Again, turn the small and large FMS knobs to
enter the identifier of the 'to' waypoint and
press the ENT key to accept the waypoint.
OR,
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provided (not available at all times):
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5. For flight plan leg planning, press the FPL
softkey and turn the small FMS knob to select
the desired flight plan (already stored in
memory), by number. Turn the large FMS knob
to highlight the 'LEG' field and turn the small
FMS knob to select the desired leg of the flight
plan, or select 'CUM' to apply trip planning
calculations to the entire flight plan.
6. Turn the large FMS knob to highlight the depar-
ture time (DEP TIME) field.
Turn the small and large FMS knobs to enter
7.
the departure time. Press the ENT key when
finished. (Departure time may be entered in
local or UTC time, depending upon unit set-
tings).
With all variables entered, the following information is
• DTK — Desired track, or desired course
• DIS — Distancee
• ETE — Estimated time en route
• ESA — En-route safe altitude
• ETA — Estimated time of arrival
• Sunrise/Sunset times at the destination
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