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Old October 22nd 19, 04:16 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Dan Daly[_2_]
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Default Notice of changes to IGC-approval levels of 11 types of FlightRecorder to take place on 1 January 2020

On Monday, October 21, 2019 at 3:07:22 PM UTC-4, Steve Leonard wrote:
On Monday, October 21, 2019 at 11:58:08 AM UTC-5, Dan Daly wrote:

Having FLARM/PowerFLARM - the most common FRs - not eligible for Distance Diplomas is problematic.

Dan
a club Senior Official Observer

Yep. I remember being an early adopter of PowerFLARM in the US (placing my order and money long before anything got here) because I was told it WOULD be approved for "all badges, all records, all levels". I was more than a little disappointed when I found out it wasn't. But, life moves on.

Steve Leonard


Mine was 00169, first tranche in Canada. Still amazing to download a big igc file in seconds, vs my bulletproof but painfully slow Volkslogger (calculating key...)