User Guide

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7!2.).'.AVIGATIONANDTERRAINSEPARATIONMUST./4BEPREDICATEDUPONTHEUSEOFTHETERRAINFUNCTION
4HE'4ERRAIN0ROXIMITYFEATUREIS./4INTENDEDTOBEUSEDASAPRIMARYREFERENCEFORTERRAINAVOIDANCE
ANDDOESNOTRELIEVETHEPILOTFROMTHERESPONSIBILITYOFBEINGAWAREOFSURROUNDINGSDURINGmIGHT4HE4ERRAIN
0ROXIMITYFEATUREISONLYTOBEUSEDASANAIDFORTERRAINAVOIDANCEANDISNOTCERTIlEDFORUSEINAPPLICATIONS
REQUIRINGACERTIlEDTERRAINAWARENESSSYSTEM4ERRAINDATAISOBTAINEDFROMTHIRDPARTYSOURCES'ARMINIS
NOTABLETOINDEPENDENTLYVERIFYTHEACCURACYOFTHETERRAINDATA
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7!2.).'4HEDISPLAYEDMINIMUMSAFEALTITUDES-3!SAREONLYADVISORYINNATUREANDSHOULDNOTBERELIED
UPONASTHESOLESOURCEOFOBSTACLEANDTERRAINAVOIDANCEINFORMATION!LWAYSREFERTOCURRENTAERONAUTICAL
CHARTSFORAPPROPRIATEMINIMUMCLEARANCEALTITUDES
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7!2.).'4HE'ARMIN'ASINSTALLEDIN4IGER!'"AIRCRAFTHASAVERYHIGHDEGREEOFFUNCTIONALINTEG
RITY(OWEVERTHEPILOTMUSTRECOGNIZETHATPROVIDINGMONITORINGANDORSELFTESTCAPABILITYFORALLCONCEIVABLE
SYSTEMFAILURESISNOTPRACTICAL!LTHOUGHUNLIKELYITMAYBEPOSSIBLEFORERRONEOUSOPERATIONTOOCCURWITHOUT
AFAULTINDICATIONSHOWNBYTHE')TISTHUSTHERESPONSIBILITYOFTHEPILOTTODETECTSUCHANOCCURRENCE
BYMEANSOFCROSSCHECKINGWITHALLREDUNDANTORCORRELATEDINFORMATIONAVAILABLEINTHECOCKPIT
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7!2.).'&ORSAFETYREASONS'OPERATIONALPROCEDURESMUSTBELEARNEDONTHEGROUND
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7!2.).'4HEALTITUDECALCULATEDBY''03RECEIVERSISGEOMETRICHEIGHTABOVE-EAN3EA,EVELANDCOULD
VARYSIGNIlCANTLYFROMTHEALTITUDEDISPLAYEDBYPRESSUREALTIMETERSSUCHASTHE'$#!!IR$ATA#OMPUTER
OROTHERALTIMETERSINAIRCRAFT'03ALTITUDESHOULDNEVERBEUSEDFORVERTICALNAVIGATION!LWAYSUSEPRESSURE
ALTITUDEDISPLAYEDBYTHE'0&$OROTHERPRESSUREALTIMETERSINAIRCRAFT
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7!2.).'4HE*EPPESENDATABASEUSEDINTHE'SYSTEMMUSTBEUPDATEDREGULARLYINORDERTOENSURE
THATITSINFORMATIONREMAINSCURRENT5PDATESARERELEASEDEVERYDAYS!DATABASEINFORMATIONPACKETIS
INCLUDEDINTHE'PACKAGE0ILOTSUSINGANOUTDATEDDATABASEDOSOENTIRELYATTHEIROWNRISK
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7!2.).'4HEBASEMAPLANDANDWATERDATAMUSTNOTBEUSEDFORNAVIGATIONBUTRATHERONLYFORNONNAVI
GATIONALSITUATIONALAWARENESS!NYBASEMAPINDICATIONSHOULDBECOMPAREDWITHOTHERNAVIGATIONSOURCES
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#!54)/.4HEILLUSTRATIONSINTHISGUIDEAREONLYEXAMPLES.EVERUSETHE'TOATTEMPTTOPENETRATEA
THUNDERSTORM"OTHTHE&!!!DVISORY#IRCULAR3UBJECT4HUNDERSTORMSANDTHE!IRMANS)NFORMATION-ANUAL
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