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A CFI's Mistake - Activating a Leg of the Approach

A CFI who's seeking teaching privileges in our diamond DA 42 made a surprising mistake while flying the R&F GPS 29 right approach into the Stockton airport. He had failed to either activate a leg of the approach or activate vexers to final so as he turned on to the approach the course pointer wasn't providing any useful information for navigating along the approach. In newer Garmin products you see more than two waypoints when you activate vectors to final which makes that command much more useful.

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