The LX9000 flight recorder with an external MOP (Means-of-Propulsion)
sensor box has gained IGC-approval from 10 January 2012. The LXNAV
MOP box is designed for use with jet engines in motor gliders, and
enables the main recorder to be in the cockpit and the sensor box to
be
placed close to the jet-pipe.

The IGC-approval document will be available on the FAI/IGC web
page:
http://www.fai.org/gnss-recording-de...ight-recorders
This may not be for some time because the FAI/IGC web pages are
being re-organised.

Meanwhile this approval and other FR-related documents and files are
available on the GFAC Chairman's web site:
www.ukiws.demon.co.uk/GFAC

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.

There are now 50 types of IGC-approved Flight Recorders from 19
different manufacturers.

A PDF file with a table of all existing IGC-approval documents is on
the
igc-approved-flight-recorders web site above. Due to the re-
organisation
of the FAI web pages, this document is out-of-date but it is hoped
that the
latest version will be available shortly. However, this document in
the
GFAC Chairman's web site referenced above, is up-to-date. The
document contains:
(1) a table of all types of IGC-approved Flight Recorders, in
alphabetical
order of manufacturer name
(2) a table of Flight Recorder Manufacturers, 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

All the best for good soaring in 2012 !

Ian Strachan
Chairman IGC GFA Committee