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Steps to Master the Garmin GNS 530  By J. Mac McClellan /
Published: Aug 01, 2001 Flying Magazine | The World’s Most
Widely Read Aviation Magazine Photo: Garmin  The Garmin GNS 530
and its smaller sibling, the GNS 430, are, I think, the optimum
bridge between the old IFR navigation system and the future. If
you choose, you could operate the Garmin navigators as nothing
more than navcoms. That would be a terrible waste of capability;
nav and comm functions are there and you can dial the
frequencies just like any other radio.  You can also use a 530
in the same way as a conventional GPS navigator for guidance
direct to the destination airport, or any other point on the
globe. Many pilots find it easier to separate direct guidance
from the airways, intersections, SIDs, STARs and approaches that
make up the complete IFR system. Those who feel that way can fly
the direct part of the trip u