User manual GARMIN G1000: PIPER PILOT'S GUIDE REV. B, APR, 2007

[. . . ] This manual reflects the operation of System Software version 0648. 05 or later for the Piper PA32. Some differences in operation may be observed when comparing the information in this manual to earlier or later software versions. Garmin International, Inc. , 1200 East 151st Street, Olathe, Kansas 66062, U. S. A. Tel: 913/397. 8200 Fax: 913/397. 8282 Garmin AT, Inc. , 2345 Turner Road SE, Salem, OR 97302, U. S. A. [. . . ] Preview the sequence of waypoints: In MFD display mode, the airway segment will be previewed during the course of selecting the exit waypoint. The preview consists of a graphical preview of the selected airway segment presented in the map display window as well as a text listing of the waypoint sequence with courses and distances shown in the Airway Loading window. The preview will update as the cursor is moved up or down over the list of exit waypoints. In this example, the pilot has moved the cursor down from COU to TOY which updates the graphical preview: 5-82 Garmin G1000 Pilot's Guide for Piper PA32 190-00692-00 Rev. B GPS NAVIGATION Figure 5-76 Previewing the Waypoint Sequence The pilot uses the FMS Knob and the ENT Key to select an exit waypoint from the list (TOY in this example). After the exit waypoint is selected, the pilot gets one last chance to preview the waypoint sequence. If necessary, the cursor can be moved back to either the Airway or Exit waypoint fields to change the selected airway segment. Otherwise, press the ENT Key with the cursor over the LOAD prompt to load the airway into the flight plan. Figure 5-77 Loading the Airway into the Flight Plan 190-00692-00 Rev. B Garmin G1000 Pilot's Guide for Piper PA32 5-83 GPS NAVIGATION Airway optional waypoints are not loaded Not all of the waypoints available in the database for an airway are actually needed to define the route. All of the airway waypoints are made available to choose as an exit waypoint, but when the airway is actually loaded into the flight plan, the "optional" waypoints are not included. For the purpose of this discussion, "optional" waypoints on an airway are those waypoints that meet all of the following criteria: · The waypoint is not a navaid (VOR or NDB) · The waypoint is not needed to define a course change · The waypoint is not an ATC compulsory reporting point In the example, airway V12 was loaded after entry waypoint ANX ending with exit waypoint TOY. There are a total of 10 waypoints available in that segment: ANX, OCTAM, FRANC, HUCKS, COU, STITH, FTZ, AUGST, SNYDR and TOY, however only 5 are actually needed to define the route: ANX, FRANC, COU, FTZ and TOY. It is possible that one of the "optional" waypoints (OCTAM, HUCKS, STITH, AUGST or SNYDR) could be needed later - see the discussion of inserting airway optional waypoints below for more about that. Load the selected airway segment into the flight plan When the pilot presses the ENT Key with the cursor over the LOAD prompt on the Airway Loading Page, the selected airway segment is loaded into the flight plan. The system returns to the Flight Plan Page with the cursor position placed on the line just after the exit waypoint of the airway segment. Figure 5-78 Returning to the Flight Plan Page 5-84 Garmin G1000 Pilot's Guide for Piper PA32 190-00692-00 Rev. B GPS NAVIGATION In the example, waypoints FRANC and COU were originally in the departure procedure. Because the airway was loaded after ANX, those waypoints were removed from the departure, but were then added back in because they were also on the selected airway (V12). Note that FRANC and COU would have been removed from the departure regardless of which airway was selected at ANX. The rules for removing bypassed waypoints in the original flight plan are as follows: 1. Waypoints within an arrival or approach procedure will never be removed during the load airway operation. Note that the pilot can always remove individual waypoints if necessary. If there is a sequence of waypoints in the original flight plan starting with the entry waypoint that lines up with a sequence of waypoints in the new airway segment, that sequence is removed from the original flight plan (so it doesn't get duplicated). [. . . ] This is often the case in mountainous regions. TIS information is collected during a single radar sweep. Collected information is then sent through the Mode S uplink on the next radar sweep. Because of this, the surveillance information is approximately five seconds old. TIS ground station tracking software uses prediction algorithms to compensate for this delay. [. . . ]