"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in
nk.net:


"Wyatt Emmerich" wrote in message
...

I fly with a Garmin 530. Great box, but I cannot for the life of me
understand why they would fail to include Victor Airways. Anyway, I
often get a clearance such as 210BA cleared to Yodoo, Clear City,
Victor 245, Bogur.

Now if I program the Garmin 530 for Yodoo, Clear City, Bogur, 19
times our of 20 I'm fine. ATC was just throwing in the Victor 245
for--I don't know--clarification? However, one in 20 times there's a
kink in the airway and I'll screw up if I don't check the low
altitude chart.

So instead of simply programming the Garmin 530 with the waypoints,
I've
got
to unfold the chart, figure out where the heck I am on it and make
sure Victor 245 doesn't have a bend in the road. In real IMC involves
a lot of looking down and head movement when I would rather be
focused on my scan.

My point being: It would be a heck of a lot easier for Garmin 530
users if ATC would dispense with the airway part of the clearance and
just route us base on waypoints.


You're suggesting they should have Garmin 530 routes and non-Garmin
530 routes?




No I think what he is asking for is the abilty to program the garmin with
airways, like you can in the CN-80