On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 10:09:58 -0400, Todd Pattist
wrote:

Tim Newport-Peace ] wrote:

What needs to be changed is the wording in the Sporting Code to allow
COTS to be use up to a specific level (e.g. Gold C) and an approved
Flight Recorder thereafter.

Agreed. I'd let the O.O have the responsibility for
verifying compliance of the GPS with a bare minimum list of
required GPS features , and provide a list of COTS GPS
units known to meet those standards: as in "Capable of
recording time and position fixes according to WGS 84," etc.

It would be simpler for all concerned if the pilot is required to
demonstrate compliance with the (published) list of required features
to the OO. Benefits:

- the pilot has a checklist to use when buying the GPS
- the OO doesn't have to understand the GPS and its
documentation in the detail needed to verify compliance

A demerit that nobody has yet mentioned is that of the poor suffering
OO having to understand a multitude of GPS and download programs.


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