Those planning on using approved flight
recorders for next season for records or 1000Km
flights or in some cases any badges might need
to know this (via Soaringcafe.com and the ssa website)
SSA News: Changes to Flight Recorder Approvals
April 13, 2012
By <http://soaringcafe.com/author/editor/>Editorial Staff
From the <http://www.ssa.org>SSA Website:
Changes to the following flight recorder
approvals were approved by the IGC Bureau in
October, 2011. GFAC recently agreed to delay the
implementation date until October 1, 2012.
The changes were recommended due to significant
breaches of IGC files and the following flight
recorders were determined by FAI to not be secure
enough for world records. The FRs with reduced
approval to Diamond will no longer be valid for
Diploma or world record flights. [The SSA's FAI
Badge and Record Committee] still needs to
determine whether they will be usable for
national (U.S.) and state records. The FRs that
show approval withdrawn will not be valid for any FAI badge or record.
Manufacturer / Model Changes
-
Cambridge 10, 20, 25 Reduced approval to Diamond
Zander GP940 Reduced approval to Diamond
Filser LX30 batch 1 Withdrew approval
Print Technik GR1000 Withdrew approval
Filser (now LXN) LX20 with RSA Reduced approval to Diamond
EWFR A-D Withdrew approval
Filser (now LXN) LX21 Reduced approval to Diamond
Filser (now LXN) DX50 Reduced approval to Diamond
Filser (now LXN) LX5000IGC Reduced approval to Diamond
LXN Colibri Reduced approval to Diamond
SDI/LXN Posigraph Reduced approval to Diamond
Print Technik GR1000A / RSA Withdrew approval
Mike
Of course this has significant implications for
anyone even considering manufacturing
"approved"(for now) Flight Recorders. Trying to
remove the O.O. from the process always was going
to lead to trouble. In this and in other things
at least I can say "I told you so".
Borgelt Instruments - design & manufacture of
quality soaring instrumentation since 1978
www.borgeltinstruments.com
tel: 07 4635 5784 overseas: int+61-7-4635 5784
mob: 042835 5784 : int+61-42835 5784
P O Box 4607, Toowoomba East, QLD 4350, Australia
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