Garmin GPS 500, Pilot'S Manual & Reference

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GPS 500 Pilot’s Guide and Reference 4-13
SECTION 4
FLIGHT PLANS
Removing an approach, arrival, or
departure from the active flight plan:
1) Select the ‘Remove Approach?’, ‘Remove
Arrival?’, or ‘Remove Departure?’ option from
the Active Flight Plan Page Menu (Figure 4-29)
and press the
ENT Key.
Figure 4-29 Active Flight Plan Page Menu
2) A confirmation window appears listing
the procedure to be removed. With ‘Yes?’
highlighted, press the
ENT
Key.
Determining the closest point, along the
active flight plan, to a selected waypoint:
1) Select the ‘Closest Point of FPL?’ option from
the Active Flight Plan Page Menu (Figure 4-30)
and press the
ENT Key.
Figure 4-30 Active Flight Plan Page Menu
2) A window appears with the reference waypoint
field highlighted. Use the small and large
right
knobs to enter the identifier of the
reference waypoint and press the
ENT
Key.
3) A confirmation window appears for the
selected reference waypoint (Figure 4-31).
Press the
ENT Key to accept the waypoint.
Figure 4-31 Closest Point of Flight Plan Window
4) The GPS 500 displays the bearing (BRG) and
distance (DIST) to the closest point along the
flight plan, from the selected reference waypoint.
To create a user waypoint at this location and
add it to the flight plan, highlight ‘Load?’ and
press the
ENT Key. The name for the new user
waypoint is derived from the identifier of the
reference waypoint.
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