Direct-To And The Active Flight Plan - II Morrow Inc. NMC 2001 Operating Manual

Operations Flight Plan (FPL) Mode

Direct-To and the Active Flight Plan

When a Direct-To waypoint is entered following the use of the
DIRECT-TO button, the Active flight plan is updated to reflect the
change. The currently active From waypoint of the Active flight plan
is changed to DIRECT, to reflect that you are now flying directly to the
To waypoint.
The example below shows the Active flight plan's active leg display
after entering a "Direct-To" course to HIO.
Flight Plan Leg Page
FPL
Direct-To may be canceled at any time by deleting the DIRECT
signifier from the Flight Plan Leg page. This is done exactly as if you
were deleting a waypoint. The old waypoint which was previously
entered as the leg's From waypoint will then be redisplayed.
In some cases, you may wish to fly Direct-To a waypoint in the Active
flight plan which is not the current To waypoint. You may easily do
this by viewing the Flight Plan Leg page which displays the desired
waypoint as the "To" waypoint identifier. Then, press DIRECT-TO
and ENT. The flight plan is updated to go Direct-To the selected
waypoint from your present position. Once you get there, leg
sequencing will continue past the Direct-To waypoint in the usual
way.
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