Paul Remde wrote:
I just find this absurd. I'm very angry about the sudden change.

If I remember correctly, Steve Fossett is using a GPS-NAV (and a 302 I
believe) and currently setting world records in the southern hemisphere.

The 302 will continue to be approved for world records for the
forseeable future. Steve Fossett also owns at least two Volksloggers,
which will also continue to be approved for world records.

I'm still waiting for a good answer to the question why. Why is the GPS-NAV
suddenly not secure for world records?

According to the current flight recorder specifications, a new design
similar to the GPS-NAV could not be approved for world records. There
are other older flight recorder models for which there are known
security concerns. The only (more or less) fair way remove world
record approval from some models was to remove such approval from all
similar designs approved under the older specifications.

This is not acceptable behavior by the IGC.

I can't think of any way this could have been done that everyone would
find acceptable...

Marc