Eventide ARGUS 5000 - Flightplans; Creating a Sample Flightplan

Flightplans
A flightplan is an ordered group of up to 20 waypoints. You create a flightplan by
selecting the waypoints that make it up and entering them in the sequence that you
desire. Of course, the sequence will probably represent a route that you desire to fly.
• Whenever you use ("activate") a flightplan, you are given the opportunity to fly it
^-^ forward or in reverse, so that one plan typically serves as two. You can also "join" a
flightplan in progress, as when a plan incorporates a fuel stop.
Creating a flightplan requires selecting the waypoints that comprise it, and inserting
them in the flightplan in the appropriate order. The Argus CRT display makes this
easy by displaying the entire flightplan at once, instead of forcing you to remember
where you are. You can always insert or delete waypoints in the list if you should find
you left one out or you want to skip one.
To learn how to modify and use flightplans, we must first create one. We will go
through the steps of creating a 4-waypoint flightplan. This flightplan will be used as
an example throughout this section; you may want to duplicate it in your own Argus
so you can follow along.
^J Creating a Sample Flightplan
Let's start by creating a 3-waypoint flightplan, from Teterboro Airport to Sparta VOR
to Stewart Airport. We will then add a fourth waypoint by modifying the flightplan.
From the root menu, select FLIGHT PLANS/WPTS.
Select CREATE/EDIT FP/WPT
Select CREATE FP/WPT
Select CREATE FLIGHT PLAN (screen #A1)
Select NEW FLIGHT PLAN (screen #A2)
You are now in the familiar waypoint creation screen, although this time it is entitled
"ADD WPT TO FP." Enter TEB as described earlier, and press DONE, followed by
ADD (screen #A2-A3).
Pressing ADD brings you to a new screen (#A5), on which the new flightplan is
displayed. The first waypoint, TEB, is displayed, and there is a "box cursor"
immediately below it. The box cursor always indicates the location of the next
waypoint to be entered or deleted. If you are inserting a WPT between other
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