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Local reproduction is encouraged 03 Feb 01SHORTHAND GUIDE TO APOLLO GX55® GPS FOR MN WING CIVIL AIR PATROL SAR/DR CAVEATS: This guide doesn’t cov

Page 10 Minnesota Wing Civil Air Patrol INITIALIZING SAR FUNCTIONS The SAR functions of the Apollo GPS aren’t enabled when the unit is installed. If

Page 1103 Feb 01SAR POSITION FOR BASIC GRID TYPE The SAR position defines the SE corner of a 10° by 10° grid. The SAR Position page is only availab

Page 12 Minnesota Wing Civil Air Patrol US GRID TYPE CONVENTIONS The correct aeronautical sectional must be entered in the SAR Map setup page before

Page 1303 Feb 01US Grid waypoints have a specific format consisting of the grid number, quadrant letter and corner number. Examples: To specify the

Page 14 Minnesota Wing Civil Air Patrol BASIC GRID TYPE CONVENTIONS Basic grid types are 1° by 1°. They’re subdivided into 30’ quad-rants. The 30’

Page 1503 Feb 01CREATE A USER WAYPOINT BY BASIC GRID A user waypoint set to a BASIC grid coordinate allows including it in a flight plan or flying di

Page 16 Minnesota Wing Civil Air Patrol FLY DIRECTLY TO A BASIC GRID WAYPOINT The Basic Grid waypoint must be in the user database and the correct la

Page 1703 Feb 01SAR MOVING MAP to moving map screen to SAR map stores current position in a SAR user waypoint enters screen to setup a parallel,

Page 18 Minnesota Wing Civil Air Patrol MARK A SAR POSITION The current position of the aircraft can be quickly saved to a user waypoint by pressing

Page 1903 Feb 01EXPANDING SQUARE SEARCH to map screens to SAR map screen to Search page setup to Expanding Square to expanding square setup

Page 2 Minnesota Wing Civil Air Patrol TABLE OF CONTENTS DISPLAY CURRENT POSITION ... 3SAVE CURRENT P

Page 20 Minnesota Wing Civil Air Patrol PARALLEL LINE SEARCH The correct grid type, sectional (for US Grid) or SAR Position (for BASIC Grid) must be

Page 2103 Feb 01CREEPING LINE SEARCH to map screens to SAR map screen to Search page setup to Creeping Line to creeping line setup to sele

Page 22 Minnesota Wing Civil Air Patrol to Leg Length and Start turn* to enable setting Leg Length to set leg length (1.0 - 9.9 nm) to move to the

Page 2303 Feb 01NOTES:

Page 24 Minnesota Wing Civil Air Patrol MINNESOTA US GRIDS

Page 303 Feb 01DISPLAY CURRENT POSITION to navigation screen until GPS position is displayed Position Dilution Of Precision See page 45 of Apollo m

Page 4 Minnesota Wing Civil Air Patrol RECALL A USER WAYPOINT to navigation screen to database screen to Access Database screen selects and displ

Page 503 Feb 01SET PARALLEL TRACK OFFSET FROM and TO waypoints must be defined in a flight plan to use parallel track offset. This function isn’t av

Page 6 Minnesota Wing Civil Air Patrol MOVING MAP OVERVIEW to map screens selects different map screens sets scale for moving map toggles smart k

Page 703 Feb 01MOVING MAP SETUP to moving map screen to moving map setup toggles display of route line to next waypoint on and off sets orientati

Page 8 Minnesota Wing Civil Air Patrol TRACK HISTORY STRATEGY to moving map screen to moving map setup to track Strategy screen sets strategy to

Page 903 Feb 01FULL SCREEN MOVING MAP to moving map screen to full screen moving map Next waypoint identifier is in the up-per left corner. Beari