BendixKing KLN 89B - Pilots Guide - Manual (Page 63)

Basic GPS Operation
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Basic GPS Operation
Chapter 3
inner knob in and turning it, you can leaf through the remainder of
the pages for La Guardia.
NOTE: This same method may be used with the name of the city
where the airport is located.
There are a few changes made to names in order to accommodate
the KLN 89(B) display and to make the names easier to find.
1. Names which are too long to fit on the display are abbreviated.
The first six characters are usually exactly correct, but the
following are exceptions:
North, Northern, East, Eastern, etc.—uses N, E
Southeast, Northwest, etc.—uses SE, NW
Point—uses PT
Port—uses PT
Fort—uses FT
Saint—uses ST
General—Deleted, or uses GEN
Person’s name—uses initials for other than last name unless
very well known (Will Rogers World airport)
Delete “City of” (City of Colorado Springs Municipal)
Delete “Greater” (Greater Buffalo Int’l)
Delete “The” (The Hartsfield Atlanta Int’l)
2. Unless the first word is greater than eight characters, it is usually
not abbreviated.
3. Delete most punctuation such as periods and apostrophes.
4. Abbreviations for International are INTL, INT, and IN.
5. Abbreviations for Regional are REGL and REG.
3.8. “NEAREST” FUNCTIONS
At any time, you can have access to the nearest airports, waypoints,
Special Use Airspace (SUA), Flight Service Station (FSS) frequen-
cies, and Center frequencies to your position. Your ticket to do this is
the handy
G
button.
When you first press the G button,
a page is displayed asking which
nearest function you would like to
select (figure 3-88). The choices are:
APT VOR NDB INT USR ACT NAV FPL CAL SET OTH
åå.ånm| NEAREST
ееееее| APT? VOR? NDB?
# Leg| INT? USR? SUA?
*CRSR*| FSS? CTR?
Figure 3-88