"Michael 182" wrote in message news:li4Ac.64896$Sw.58611@attbi_s51...
"Andrew Sarangan" wrote in message
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(Robert M. Gary) wrote in
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I just recently decided to buy our first Garmin GPS (296). I had not
in the past because they were so far behind on providing terrain. They
fixed that with the 296. However, the one outstanding item missing on
the 296 are airways. On my Skymap IIIc I can easily fly an airway by
putting the white course line on the pink airway line. Airways are
pretty common in the West where airways provide routes around
restricted airspace and around busy areas (like LAX) so ATC often
gives you airways rather than a million vectors (our airways are not
straight, they turn like roads).

So how do you Garmin guys easily fly along an airway graphically?

-Robert

Why not use a VOR receiver for airway navigation? Using a GPS for airway
navigation kind of seems backwards.

Because you can enter a full flight plan and follow it, rather than fiddling
with the VOR receivers every 15 minutes.

Michael

And you don't have to try to figure out the correction angle while
trying to stay on the airway while you are getting bounced around in
the clouds in busy airspace. Also, you don't need to change the VOR
everytime the airway turns. You easily see that on a GPS.