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Aerosoft PBY Catalina 1.00 Manual
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Fig 8.11
The airport 8 page is used to display non-precision approach information for the user-selected
airport. This is also the page to load and activate the entered approach. The user enters the desired
airport identifier code, and then chooses the various approaches available for the selected airport.
These changes will be shown on the FPL 0 page. There are 4 lines of information.
• Line 1: Displays the user-selected airport identifier.
• Lines 2 and 3: Displays the user-selected approach procedures.
• Line 4: Display to indicate the approach choices can be entered into the flight plan. The line
will display the word "ACTIVATE?" if the approach has been entered, and activation can
begin.
To use this airport page:
1. Display the APT 8 page on the left screen. Click the RIGHT INNER KNOB to the in position.
2. Click on the RIGHT CURSOR BUTTON and a blinking rectangle will appear behind the airport
ICAO (or "----") in Line 1. Click on the right side of the RIGHT INNER KNOB (Letter H) to
activate data entry. A blinking rectangle will now be present behind the first digit of the
airport ICAO identifier.
3. Use the RIGHT INNER KNOB, or keyboard, to enter the desired ICAO code.
4. Click the ENTER BUTTON twice to exit data entry and go back to the default screen, or click
once to allow for scrolling through the approach choices.
5. If the airport identifier has a rectangle behind it, clicking on the RIGHT OUTER KNOB will
change data entry fields in the default screen. Clicking on the RIGHT INNER KNOB will bring
up a popup screen listing the approach choices (Fig 8.10). Repeated clicks on the RIGHT
INNER KNOB will scroll through the choices. Clicking on the ENTER BUTTON will enter the
data into the flight plan.
6. Repeat the procedure listed in Line 6 until all information has been entered. When the
ENTER BUTTON has been clicked to enter the last data, you are being prompted to decide if
you want to load the information into the flight plan (Fig8.11). If you are ready, click the
ENTER BUTTON again.
7. The chosen approach can be loaded or activated at any time by clicking the RIGHT
8. INNER KNOB to the in position, clicking on the RIGHT CURSOR BUTTON, and then clicking on
the RIGHT OUTER KNOB until Line 4 is reached to display the prompt "Load in FPL?" or
"ACTIVATE". Clicking on the ENTER BUTTON at this time will enter the choice.
9. Clicking on the CLR BUTTON at any time will exit the data entry mode without entering any
newly added data.