Garmin aera 500 Series Pilot’s Guide
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Table of Contents
2.3 Vertical Navigation (VNAV) ....................................................................................40
Using the VNAV Feature ..................................................................................................... 41
2.4 Map Display Setup ..................................................................................................43
Map Orientation................................................................................................................. 43
Airports, Navaids, Cities & Roads ........................................................................................ 44
Airways .............................................................................................................................. 45
2.5 Waypoints ................................................................................................................46
Nearest Information ........................................................................................................... 49
Weather Information .......................................................................................................... 51
Accessing Additional information ........................................................................................ 52
2.6 Direct-to Navigation ...............................................................................................64
Section 3 Flight Planning ............................................................................. 67
3.1 Introduction .............................................................................................................67
Data Fields ......................................................................................................................... 67
3.2 Flight Plan Creation ................................................................................................68
Adding Waypoints to an Existing Flight Plan ........................................................................ 70
3.3 Flight Plan Storage .................................................................................................71
3.4 Flight Plan Activation .............................................................................................72
Editing Speed and Fuel Flow ............................................................................................... 72
Copying Flight Plans ........................................................................................................... 73
Deleting Flight Plans .......................................................................................................... 73
Inverting a Flight Plan ........................................................................................................ 74
3.5 Approaches ..............................................................................................................75
Selecting an Approach ........................................................................................................ 76
Activating Vectors-to-Final .................................................................................................. 78
Section 4 Hazard Avoidance ......................................................................... 79
4.1 XM
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Weather (aera 510 & 560) ...............................................................................79
Activating Services ............................................................................................................. 79
XM Satellite Weather Products ............................................................................................ 80
Using XM Satellite Weather Products .................................................................................. 91
4.2 Terrain ......................................................................................................................94
Terrain Information ............................................................................................................. 95
Obstacle Information .......................................................................................................... 95
Terrain and Obstacle Color Code......................................................................................... 96
Terrain Views ...................................................................................................................... 97
Terrain Alerts & Setup ......................................................................................................... 98
4.3 Traffic Information Service (TIS) ..........................................................................101
TIS Symbology .................................................................................................................. 101
TIS Alerts ......................................................................................................................... 102
Traffic Ground Track ......................................................................................................... 103
Displaying Traffic Data ...................................................................................................... 103