LX8000 FR IGC-approved with external MOP sensor

The LX8000 flight recorder with an external Means-of-Propulsion (MOP)
sensor for jet-engined motor gliders has gained IGC-approval from 31
January 2012.

There are now 51 types of IGC-approved Flight Recorders from 19
different manufacturers. These are listed in a table with links to
their individual IGC-approval documents on the GFAC Chairman’s web
site:

www.ukiws.demon.co.uk/GFAC

Click the line "IGC-approvals for GNSS Flight Recorders summary ...
". On the first page is a table of all of the types of IGC-approved
FRs. Find the type of recorder that you want in the table and click
the date of the latest approval document at the right hand side of the
table boxes. This should call up the IGC-approval document in PDF
format.

In due course, 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.

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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 and
the Sporting Code for gliding through www.fai.org/igc-documents

A PDF file with a table of all existing IGC-approval documents is on
the igc-approved-flight-recorders web site referenced 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the re-organisation of the FAI web pages, this document is out-of-date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.

Meanwhile this document in the GFAC Chairman’s web site referenced
above, is up-to-date.

This document with the IGC-approval table 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.

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Ian Strachan
Chairman, IGC GNSS Flight Recorder Approval Committee