Honeywell GNS-XL User Manual

Page 289

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ACTIVE FLIGHT PLAN PAGE (FOR AFIS FLIGHT PLAN
UPDATING)

AFIS UPDATE: Allows pilot to:

Amend an existing AFIS
Flight Plan

Update SIGMETS

Request a new AFIS Flight
Plan

AFIS UPDATE VERIFICATION
PAGE

ACTUAL FL: Actual flight level
of aircraft rounded to nearest
100 ft. as entered by the pilot.

ASSIGNED FL: Current Flight
Level assigned by ATC as veri-
fied or amended by the pilot.

PAYLOAD: Current aircraft
payload verified or amended by
the pilot.

FUEL REM:

Actual fuel

remaining as calculated by the
GNS-XL or amended by the
pilot.

CRUISE MODE: Current air-
craft Cruise Mode as verified or
amended by the pilot.

TRANSMIT REQUEST: When
cursor is over this field and ENT
is pressed, the update request
is sent via the data link. (Figure
7-36)

DATA LINK DISABLED:
Aircraft equipped with the
Antenna Switching Unit, must
DEPRESS momentary AFIS
annunciator to enable the air to ground data link. VHF or satellite
network must also be enabled.

7-23

GNS-X

L

Flight Management System AFIS Operation

Rev. 0
Oct/96

>

KSEA

- KLAX

ELMAA

HQM

KLAX

******

DEPART

AFIS UPDATE

ARRIVE

ETA

APPROACH

ERASE

ACTIVE FPL

1/1

<

<

<

<

<

>

Figure 7-35

ACTUAL FL

410

ASSIGNED FL

370

PAYLOAD

1200

FUEL REM

11985

CRUISE MODE

M80

TRANSMIT REQUEST?

AFIS UPDATE

Figure 7-36

ACTUAL FL

410

ASSIGNED FL

370

PAYLOAD

1200

FUEL REM

11985

CRUISE MODE

DATA LINK DISABLED

AFIS UPDATE

Figure 7-37

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