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Section 5
Basic GPS
Using the
Simulator
To View the Highway Page:
1. Press the
PAGE
key repeatedly until the Highway
Page is displayed.
The Highway Page provides a graphic highway display
that shows your movement relative to the desired course
The line down the middle of the highway represents
course centerline. As you navigate to your destination, the
highway will actually move and indicate the direction you
are off course. To stay on course, steer toward the center of
the highway. As you approach the waypoint, the highway
will end at the final destination. When the waypoint
marker is at the bottom of the highway display, you have
arrived at your destination. A track compass also shows
your current track directly above the highway display
making it easy to determine the direction you’re tracking.
The pointer arrow at the top of the page indicates the
direction to the destination waypoint (bearing) relative to
the direction you are moving (track). If the pointer points
straight ahead, you’re heading directly to the waypoint. If
not, turn in the direction of the pointer and the pointer
will turn around, pointing straight ahead when you begin
moving toward the destination waypoint. Try moving on
and off course again by using the left/right arrow keys and
watch as the display and bearing pointer change.
Keep in mind, that for many of the features such as
Routes, Track Logs and Waypoints List to function, you
must first create the data to store in these directories.
For the direction arrow to point in the proper
direction you must have been moving.
The side panel illustrations show, a route created from
KIXD to K59 to KMIC, activated after the simulated take
off. The aircraft intercepts the course line to K59. While
approaching the course line, airport 51K, marked with a
signpost, is adjacent to the route of flight. Approaching
K59, a signpost gives the location of the airport with the
route beyond indicated. As you approach the final
destination, the highway ends at the destination airport.
While intercepting the
course line to K59 a
signpost marks the
position of airport 51K
along the way.
The Highway Page route
guides you to each
waypoint.
The highway ends at
the destination
waypoint.
