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February 29th 12, 03:25 PM
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Position recorders for badges
On Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:10:32 PM UTC-5, fredblair wrote:
Are there any activities underway to grant approval for the Position Recorders like the flywith CE recorder to be used for badges. They have been approved in Australia, Canada and the UK. It seems that they GPS altitude would be proof enough of 'no landings'. Fred Fred, As others have posted, we approved FlyWithCE as a GPS Position Recorder last year. As others have also noted, the current IGC Sporting Code requires a traditional barograph be carried as well. As a result, there have been very few badge flights documented using this method (IIRC only one or two flights total). Erik Mann SSA Badge and Record Committee On Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:10:32 PM UTC-5, fredblair wrote: Are there any activities underway to grant approval for the Position Recorders like the flywith CE recorder to be used for badges. They have been approved in Australia, Canada and the UK. It seems that they GPS altitude would be proof enough of 'no landings'. Fred 
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