Garmin GNS 430 - Manual (Page 27)

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Flight Plans
The GNS 430 lets you create up to 20 fl ight plans, with up to thirty-one waypoints in
each fl ight plan. Flight plans are created, edited and activated using the F key. The
FPL page group includes two pages: the active fl ight plan page and the fl ight plan catalog.
The active fl ight plan page provides information and editing features for the fl ight plan
currently in use (referred to as “fl ight plan 00”). The fl ight plan catalog serves as the main
page for creating new fl ight plans, as well as editing or activating previously created fl ight
plans.
Since using fl ight plans is arguably one of the more complex features of the GNS 430,
we’ll only discuss it briefl y here — focusing on creating a new fl ight plan and activating it
to use for navigation. After reading through this brief introduction, answers to additional
questions you may have about fl ight plans can be found in the reference section, starting
on page 54.
To create a new flight plan:
1. Press the F key and rotate the small right knob ( a ) to select the flight plan catalog.
2. Press the m key to display the flight plan catalog options.
3. Rotate the large right knob ( d ) to select “Create New Flight Plan?” and press E .
4. The cursor will appear on the first waypoint identifier field (located directly below “WAYPOINT”).
Use the large ( d ) and small ( a ) right knobs to enter the identifier of the first waypoint in the
flight plan. (The small knob is used to select the desired letter or number and the large knob is
used to move to the next character space.)
5. Press E once the identifier has been selected. The cursor will move to the next blank
waypoint identifier field.
6. Repeat steps 4 and 5, above, until all waypoints for the flight plan have been entered.
Active flight plan page with flight plan
currently in use.
To create a new flight plan, select “Create
New Flight Plan?” from the flight plan catalog
options.
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