There is another way to do this with the Garmin. Suppose
you're on V123 sector between the A and B VORs,
and you have to turn onto V345 at an unnamed intersection
between the X and Y VORs. Enter the flightplan
A-B-X-Y. It will look funny on the display, but don't
worry about it. Start flying from A to B. When you
get fairly close to V345 (say five miles), go to the
flight plan page, cursor down to Y and hit
Direct-Direct-Enter. The GPS now thinks you're
trying to intercept V345. Fly current heading
until the CDI comes in, or even easier
hit HDG-NAV on the a/p and let the autopilot
fly the intercept.

Or you can just use the VORs - which is what
I do.

Would it be easier if the GPS could do this all
by itself? Sure. Would it be of the slightest
significance in the big scheme of things? I don't
think so.

John

"Andrew Gideon" wrote in message
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Michael 182 wrote:

You enter the one behind you and activate the leg you are intercepting.

This is about intercepting an airway at some point that's not a fix,
right?
In that case, you could "build" the airway segment with the fixes before
and after your intercept point or you could get "after" fix into the GPS
and then use OBS mode.

I have to admit, though, when given an airway intercept I find it easier
to
use a VOR receiver. The "user interface" seems to involve less work to me
(although the end result of the GPS process yields more benefit).

- Andrew