Another Garmin 430 question

I've been told that it is possible to load successive approaches in the
flight plan page but have been un able to either figure out how to do it or
find any info in the manual about it. For instance if I wanted to create a
flight plan to take off at one airport, fly to a second airport then do
several instrument approaches at the second airport then head to a third
airport and do several approaches there. I have no problem loading in the
airport and then the first approach, but if I try to enter a second
approach, the first approach is erased, even if I re-enter the airport in
the flight plan after the initial approach. Any ideas?

Thanks
Jim

towards the back of the book that comes with the 430 is a section on entering
flight plans and saving them. I will look up the exact page for you.

Jim wrote:

> I've been told that it is possible to load successive approaches in the
> flight plan page but have been un able to either figure out how to do it or
> find any info in the manual about it. For instance if I wanted to create a
> flight plan to take off at one airport, fly to a second airport then do
> several instrument approaches at the second airport then head to a third
> airport and do several approaches there. I have no problem loading in the
> airport and then the first approach, but if I try to enter a second
> approach, the first approach is erased, even if I re-enter the airport in
> the flight plan after the initial approach. Any ideas?
>
> Thanks
> Jim

There is a work-around for storing multiple approaches of different types in
the 430.

It involves storing each approach at the end of separate flight plans.

So if, for instance, you wanted to store both the GPS05 and GPS23 approaches
at KSHN, you would store two separate flight plans, both to KSHN. One would
have the GPS05 approach appended on the end, and the other would have the
GPS23 appended to the end.

I am not sure, however, if this method would reduce much button pushing and
knob twisting.

Karl
"Curator" N185KG