Winds Aloft - Honeywell Bendix/King KMD 550 Pilot's Manual Addendum

Pressing and holding the
OVERLAY key will display
the FIS Overlays window.
This window displays the
status of the overlays of the
Freezing Levels screen as
shown in Figure 13. The
window will no longer be dis-
played when the overlay key
is released.
WINDS ALOFT (XM ONLY)
The Winds Aloft product
shows wind speed and
direction on the surface and
at the selected altitudes.
Displayed altitudes are at
the surface (SFC) and from
3000ft to 18,000ft in 3000ft
increments
24,000ft to 42,000ft in 6000ft
increments. The displayed
level can be changed by
pressing either the Flight
Level up (FL UP) or Flight
Level down (FL DN) soft
keys on the right of the dis-
play as shown in Figure 14.
The Winds Aloft Screen will
display at zoom levels from
50 to 500 NM. At the 320
and 500 NM range only the
wind barb for the maximum
magnitude within the area is
displayed.
When winds aloft informa-
tion isn't available for part of
a selected area, a hash gra-
dient will highlight that area
as shown in Figure 15.
Revision 6 Feb/2009
and from
Value Added Service Weather Products
Figure 13
Figure 14
Figure 15
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KMD 550/850 FIS Addendum