Cockpit Reference Guide

Garmin G1000 Cockpit Reference Guide for the Cessna Nav III
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SECTION 8 – FLIGHT PLANNING
8.19 TRIP PLANNING
1) Turn the large FMS Knob to select the ‘AUX’ page
group.
2) Turn the small FMS Knob to select the first
rectangular page icon.
3) The current page mode is displayed at the top of
the page: ‘AUTOMATIC’ or ‘MANUAL’. To change
the page mode, press the
AUTO or MANUAL
Softkey.
Figure 8-15 Trip Planning Page
Starting WPT Ending WPT
4) For Direct-to planning, press the WPTS Softkey
and verify that the starting waypoint field
indicates ‘P.POS’ (present position). If necessary,
press the
MENU Key and select ‘Set WPT to
Present Position’ to display ‘P.POS’. Press the
ENT
Key and the flashing cursor moves to the ending
waypoint field. Turn the FMS Knobs to enter the
identifier of the ending waypoint and press the
ENT Key to accept the waypoint. OR,
5) For point-to-point planning, turn the FMS Knobs
to enter the identifier of the starting waypoint.
Once the waypoints identifier is entered, press
the
ENT Key to accept the waypoint. The flashing
cursor moves to the ending waypoint. Again,
turn the
FMS Knobs to enter the identifier of the
ending waypoint and press the ENT Key to accept
the waypoint. OR,
6) For flight plan leg planning, press the FPL Softkey
(at the bottom of the display) and turn the small
FMS
Knob to select the desired flight plan (already
stored in memory), by number. Turn the large
FMS
Knob to highlight the ‘LEG’ field and turn the
small FMS Knob to select the desired leg of the
flight plan, or select ‘CUM’ to apply trip planning
calculations to the entire flight plan. Selecting
‘FPL 00’ will display an active flight plan. If an
active flight plan is selected, ‘REM’ will be an
available option to display planning data for the
remainder of the flight plan.
NOTE: The Page Mode must be set to MANUAL
to perform the following steps.
7) Turn the large FMS Knob to highlight the
departure time (DEP TIME) field.
NOTE: The departure time on the Trip Planning
Page is used for preflight planning. Refer to the
Utility Page for the actual flight departure time.
8) Turn the FMS Knobs to enter the departure time.
Press the
ENT Key when finished. (Departure time
may be entered in local or UTC time, depending
upon system settings).