There's nothing to stop you using the VOR for course guidance but using
the
GPS track readout to ensure that your track matches the VOR radial.
Forgive
me if that's very obvious, but I'm always surprised at how many pilots
don't
use that aspect of the GPS to take the hard work out of tracking
conventional navaids (particularly on the ILS).

"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
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How do you do that with the 296? How do you program in a radial to fly
to? I don't even see radials on the VORs when I look at it. I haven't
been able to find anything on this in the manual.

That's not what I mean. I'm talking about something much more trivial. The
only number on the GPS you need is the TRK readout. Use the NAV's CDI for
course guidance. Best illustrated with an example.

You're on the 250 radial and want to track a 070 course to the ABC VOR. Set
the CDI to 070 and turn the aircraft until the track readout shows 070. The
aircraft will (barring VOR errors) stay on the radial. If it does move,
turn the aircraft to adjust the track.

The GPS doesn't need to know about the existence of VORs or LOCs.

It doesn't help you with programming the GPS for course guidance along a
winding airway, but it's an aspect of GPS utility that many pilots seem to
ignore.

Julian Scarfe