On Jul 12, 3:45 pm, B A R R Y wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 21:56:59 -0000, "Robert M. Gary"

wrote:
Airways. Until they put airways in the GPS systems they will still be
just help tools. This is the same with the G1000. I still have to
carry all my charts and reference them often in flight.

Can't you just program the route from Navaid to Navaid, and if
necessary, add the intersections where the airway bends?

Airways always run from something to something else (a Navaid or
intersection). Even a current databased 196 has the pints that define
an airway. While you still need the chart to program it, once it's
programmed, you can easily follow an airway.

Am I missing something?

Hopefully a mountain. Out West our airways bend to avoid mountains.
If you miss a bend (which can be easy to do when looking at a
sectional), you could hit the mountain. Its just an increased danager
that isn't necessary if the GPS had airways.
Also, if the GPS had airways I could program my route without having
to always have the paper chart sitting on my lap. Seems like with all
the technology in the cockpit today (I also fly a G1000) that making
us have to make frequent reference to the paper chart is odd.

-Robert