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Aerosoft PBY Catalina 1.00 Manual
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• display indicates the times in the column below it are local mean times.
• Line 2: Displays the departure time from the initial airport. Departure time is taken as the
time when the aircrafts GS reaches 30 knots.
• Line 3: Displays the local time.
• Line 4: Displays the estimated time of arrival at the destination waypoint.
• Line 5: Displays the flight time. The time when the flight timer starts is set on the SET 4 page.
The choices are to start the timer when the unit is turned on (the default choice), or to start
the timer when the GS reaches 30 knots.
• Line 6: Displays the estimated time enroute to the destination waypoint.
MESSAGE PAGE
The following discussion is about the functions associated with the message
(MSG), altitude alert (ALT), and Direct-To (-D->) buttons.
MESSAGE PAGE: MSG Button
Fig 16.1
Fig 16.2
The message page is used to alert the pilot of a situation that may require their attention. When the
KLN 90B has an alert message to be displayed, the letters "MSG" will appear on the right side of the
long rectangular box, just below the display screens, with a blinking rectangle behind it (Fig 16.1).
Clicking on the MSG BUTTON at this time will display the alert message over the entire screen as
shown in Fig. 16.2. Click the MSG BUTTON a second time to exit the message screen. To turn
messaging off, click and hold the MSG BUTTON down for several seconds. No annunciation is
displayed if messaging is turned off.