On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:00:00 -0400, B A R R Y
wrote:

On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:57:15 -0400, Peter Clark
wrote:

That's what I do, but it's really annoying when they give you a
crossing restriction on a fix that isn't a turnpoint in an airway so
now you have to go fishing to find it rather than the entire set of
waypoints constituting an airway being in the plan automatically like
the higher-end FMS.

What happens if you're needing to leave or join the airway midway,
such as at an intersection bend?

In the Mustang G1000 and high-end FMS (Collins ProLine, Honeywell a-la
Boeing/Airbus etc) system you program it as entry point, airway, exit
point and it fills in all the waypoints inbetween for you. So, for
example, BOSOX V1 DPK as dialled into a real system with airways (like
the CNX80 or Mustang/FMS) would automatically populate your flight
plan legs window with: BOSOX GRIPE GRAYM DVANY HFD WEGOT MAD BELTT
DPK. To fly that with a 430/530/non-Mustang G1000 would require
dialling in BOSOX GRAYM HFD MAD BELTT DPK. Say Bradly says cross
WEGOT at 11000, now you have to go find WEGOT on the chart and add it
to the plan in the right place then set up the VNAV profile. Pain in
the rear when with the other systems you can just highlight WEGOT,
fill in 11000 for the ALT, and have it tell you the descent rate
required to make the restriction since all waypoints are already in
there.