Garmin NavTalk Pilot Pilot's Manual & Reference

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70Section 5Basic GPSUsing theSimulatorTo View the Highway Page:1. Press the PAGE key repeatedly until the HighwayPage is displayed.The Highway Page provides a graphic highway displaythat shows your movement relative to the desired courseThe line down the middle of the highway representscourse centerline. As you navigate to your destination, thehighway will actually move and indicate the direction youare off course. To stay on course, steer toward the center ofthe highway. As you approach the waypoint, the highwaywill end at the final destination. When the waypointmarker is at the bottom of the highway display, you havearrived at your destination. A track compass also showsyour current track directly above the highway displaymaking it easy to determine the direction you’re tracking.The pointer arrow at the top of the page indicates thedirection to the destination waypoint (bearing) relative tothe direction you are moving (track). If the pointer pointsstraight ahead, you’re heading directly to the waypoint. Ifnot, turn in the direction of the pointer and the pointerwill turn around, pointing straight ahead when you beginmoving toward the destination waypoint. Try moving onand off course again by using the left/right arrow keys andwatch as the display and bearing pointer change.Keep in mind, that for many of the features such asRoutes, Track Logs and Waypoints List to function, youmust first create the data to store in these directories.For the direction arrow to point in the properdirection you must have been moving.The side panel illustrations show, a route created fromKIXD to K59 to KMIC, activated after the simulated takeoff. The aircraft intercepts the course line to K59. Whileapproaching the course line, airport 51K, marked with asignpost, is adjacent to the route of flight. ApproachingK59, a signpost gives the location of the airport with theroute beyond indicated. As you approach the finaldestination, the highway ends at the destination airport.While intercepting thecourse line to K59 asignpost marks theposition of airport 51Kalong the way.The Highway Page routeguides you to eachwaypoint.The highway ends atthe destinationwaypoint.