In article ,
Ian Strachan wrote:


GPS matters

Proposals from Austria, Canada and Sweden were either defeated or
withdrawn after discussion. snip Canada
wanted Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) recorders allowed for IGC flight
performances as well as the current IGC-approved ones.


I've heard that CIVL approved COTS GPS for world record claims at their
Plenary. Until now CIVL has said that they would accept anything that
the IGC would accept. Would the FAI really give IGC GNSS based claims
for 'soaring' records the same status as CIVL COTS GPS based claims?

What does the IGC know about COTS GPS that CIVL and the Canadians don't?

Ken