Page display definitions 2-14 – Honeywell GNS-XL User Manual

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DIS:

The distance in nautical miles
and tenths from the aircraft
present position to the TO
waypoint. During Waypoint
Alert, the distance in whole
nautical miles to the NX way-
point on the Active Flight
Plan is displayed in parenthe-
ses. (Figure 2-18)

ETE:

The estimated time enroute in hours, minutes and tenths, from the air-
craft present position to the TO waypoint based on current ground-
speed. (Figure 2-18)

DTK:

The desired track is the Great Circle course in whole degrees
between the FROM and TO waypoints. When in the PSEUDO VOR-
TAC
mode, the DTK is entered by the operator. During the Waypoint
Alert, desired track to the next (NX) waypoint on the Active Flight Plan
is displayed in parentheses. (Figure 2-18)

NOTE: The DTK field will be dashes if the FROM waypoint or pre-
sent position are north of N 70° or south of S 60° Latitude, unless a
manual MAG VAR is entered or a discrete MAG/True switch is moved
to the True position.

GS:

The current groundspeed.
(Figure 2-19)

WIND:

The current wind direction
referenced to True North and
speed in knots. (Figure 2-
19)

XFILL:

If the aircraft is configured for dual systems, the XFILL prompt will
appear on line 10 indicating the systems contain dissimilar data.

Page Display Definitions

2-14

GNS-X

L

Flight Management System

Rev. 0

Oct/96

FR 19DFW

20:28

TO ELD

20:30

NX MEI

21:49

DIS

(42)

1.6

ETE

00:00.6

DTK

(90)

074

GS

156

WIND

284/ 7

-AUTO-

NAVIGATION 1/4

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Figure 2-18

FR KHART

20:02

TO 19DFW

-10

15000A

DIS

47.3

ETE

00:19.4

DTK

079

GS

146

WIND

160/ 14

XFILL? -AUTO-

NAVIGATION 1/4

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Figure 2-19

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