In article e0Rvc.625398$Pk3.282686@pd7tw1no,
says...
Excellent! After hundreds of posts, a straight statement of policy (or
at least one well-connected individual's version of policy) - that a
data recording device, sealed by and OO, placed in the glider and
removed from the glider by an OO - whether that device is a camera, a
barograph or a simple GPS engine - is not good enough.

To discover this "policy" for world records, all you had to do was read
the rules. It's been there for several years. Cameras and barographs
still suffice for badges - this "policy" is also in the rules.

That implies
the technical people working to support our sport seized on the new
digital world as the opportunity to solve a problem, to deal with an
unsatisfactory situation.

Perhaps I misunderstand you. Do you know the history of the flight
recorder, and how it was developed in response to a request from people
running an international competition in New Zealand? It was not a
solution that went looking for a problem.


Perhaps we need to debate that proposition.

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Eric Greenwell USA