A little bit of thread creep, but related to the FIX page so hope nobody minds
Say you're going across the Atlantic with RTE of something like this:
5220N
5130N
5040N
4950N
etc.
... someone once showed me a clever way to check that you're on the correct route (FMC vs clearance) by plotting your position at, say, 32W (when going west), but I can't remember what it is.
Obviously you can just wait until you're at 32W, but there's something you can do on the Pegasus FMS like entering 32W or W32 on FIX or DIR INTC. A 'fix' is then created which is a waypoint at whatever stage your route intersects 32 West. You can then copy it to the scratch pad and see what the Latitude will be, plot this on the map, and make sure you're going where you should be.
Only problem is that whenever I try it these days I keep getting not in database, invalid entry etc. - I can't remember the format to use.
Anyone?
Many thanks
NW3