In article , Dave Butler
writes:

Same with the 430 if you are flying the flight plan. I am using the flight
plan only to store the identifiers ( which I can load before the takeoff).
For
each approach I bring up the flight plan, curser to the airport of choice,
and
do a "direct to". The flight plan remains stored to be used for the next
approach by again cursering to the airport of choice, etc.

AFAIK in order to do an approach with the GX50/60 you MUST be flying the
flight
plan. If you do a DIRECT TO and want to do an approach at the end of the
DIRECT
segment, the DIRECT TO must become the flight plan. You specifically can not
do
an approach at an airport that's an intermediate waypoint in the active
flight
plan. The destination airport for the approach has to be at the end of the
flight plan.

Do you still say "same with the 430"? I have no experience with the 430..


Well, I checked it out on simulator on my PC. Yes, the approach and hold does
get put at the end of the flight plan even tho you may have selected airport
number 2 out of say a list of 4. However, the list of the 4 airports remains
in the flight plan above the approach and hold. So you can call up the flight
plan and page up to select another airport and then "direct to". Again, the
approach and hold is placed at the end of the flight plan with the first
approach removed and the second one in place.

Chuck