Power off waypoint, Oceanic reporting waypoints, Page display definitions 2-72 – Honeywell GNS-XL User Manual

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Page Display Definitions

2-72

GNS-X

L

Flight Management System

Rev. 0

Oct/96

#0 will be defined as the point at which the aircraft completes the turn
and intercepts the direct course to the fix. #0 will momentarily be dis-
played on an EFIS map. #0 can only be defined by the system.

#1 The position at the point where the POSITION FIX Page was last
accessed via the HOLD Key. #1 can only be defined by the system.

Power Off Waypoint

The Power Off Waypoint is a set of coordinates retrieved as the last
known position when power is lost enroute. This page should be
accessed by inserting #OFF in the IDENT field on the POSITION FIX
Page after power has been restored and Initialization Enroute has
been performed.

WAYPOINT #OFF:

The Power Off Waypoint des-
ignator. (Figure 2-88)

POS:

The last present position
coordinates at loss of power.
Coordinates are stored in
non-volatile memory. (Figure
2-88)

GMT OFF:

The actual time (Greenwich Mean Time) of power loss. (Figure 2-88)

MINUTES OFF:

The total time elapsed during power off. (Figure 2-88)

LAST TK:

Aircraft track at time of power off. (Figure 2-88)

LAST GS:

Last groundspeed in knots at time of power off. (Figure 2-88)

OCEANIC REPORTING WAYPOINTS

These waypoints are in the database and are used for oceanic posi-
tion reporting. These waypoints can be added to the FPL by typing
special numbers. See Section 3, ADDING A WAYPOINT.

WAYPOINT *OFF

POS N 42 08.00

W074 49.90

GMT OFF 00:13

MINUTES OFF 01.1

LAST TK 281

LAST GS 251

SPECIAL WPT

Figure 2-88

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