I am pleased to announce IGC-approval for the LX Navigation LX Eos GNSS Flight Recorder for "all flights" including world records. This is a smaller version of the LX9000 and has similar characteristics.

The IGC-approval document may be downloaded from the FAI/IGC web site or the GFAC web site, see below. A table of all IGC-approved Flight Recorders can also be downloaded, with links to individual IGC-approval documents for each type of Recorder.

There are now 50 different types of IGC-approved Flight Recorders from 18 different manufacturers.

If you own or fly with one of these, it is recommended that you download its latest IGC-approval document from one of the web sites given below, and to note any changes that may affect the way that you operate it.

The GFAC web site is : www.ukiws.demon.co.uk/GFAC

The table of all IGC-approved FRs with links to Approval Documents is at:

www.ukiws.demon.co.uk/GFAC/igc_approved_frs.pdf

The document with the tables contains:

(1) a table of all types of IGC-approved Flight Recorders in alphabetical order of manufacturer name, with links to their IGC-approval documents.

(2) a table of Manufacturers of IGC-approved Flight Recorders, in alphabetical order of manufacturer name.

(3) a list of all IGC-approval activity from 1996 to the present day.

(4) a history of IGC GNSS Flight Recording.

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Navigating the IGC web site:

http://www.fai.org/gnss-recording-de...ight-recorders

Scroll down to "IGC-Approved Flight Recorders - Approval Documents", then click on the box underneath the above heading which says:
"IGC-approval Documents for all IGC-approved Flight Recorders".

This will call up a list of documents, the first one being "IGC-approval tables" with links to individual Approval documents.

This is followed by individual IGC-approval documents in alphabetical order of manufacturer's name. Scroll down to the Recorder type and click on its name. The IGC-approval document will then download automatically to the directory that you have set for downloads, without being displayed on screen first.

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IGC-approval follows test and evaluation by the IGC GNSS Flight Recorder Approval Committee (GFAC) in accordance with Annex B to the Sporting Code for gliding and the Technical Specification for IGC-approved GNSS Flight Recorders.

The Technical Specification is available through the igc-approved-flight-recorders web site above or directly from the GFAC web site:
http://www.ukiws.demon.co.uk/GFAC/do..._spec_gnss.pdf

The Sporting Code for gliding (SC3) and its annexes A-D may be downloaded via www.fai.org/igc-documents

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Ian Strachan
Chairman, IGC GNSS Flight Recorder Approval Committee (GFAC)

www.ukiws.demon.co.uk/GFAC