IGC-approval for the Logstream FR-1 GNSS Flight Recorder

I am pleased to announce IGC-approval for the Logstream FR-1 GNSS Flight Recorder from Logstream SP of Zielona Gora, Poland, for "all flights" including world records. This is a small free-standing unit 87 x 80 x 30mm in size and weighing about 180 grammes.

The IGC-approval document may be downloaded either from the FAI/IGC web site or the GFAC web site, see below.

There are now 53 different types of IGC-approved Flight Recorders from 20 different manufacturers.

If you own or fly with one of these, it is recommended that you download its latest IGC-approval document from one of the web sites given below, and to note any changes that may affect the way that you operate it.

A table of all IGC-approved FRs with links to Approval Documents is on the GFAC web site:

www.ukiws.demon.co.uk/GFAC/igc_approved_frs.pdf

This document includes the following:
(1) a table of all types of IGC-approved Flight Recorders in alphabetical order of manufacturer name, with links to their IGC-approval documents.
(2) a table of Manufacturers of IGC-approved Flight Recorders, in alphabetical order of name.
(3) a diary of all IGC-approval activity from the first IGC-approvals in 1996, to the present day.
(4) a history of GNSS Flight Recording in IGC together with pictures of some early Recorders.

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Navigating the IGC web site:

http://www.fai.org/gnss-recording-de...ight-recorders

Scroll down to "IGC-Approved Flight Recorders - Approval Documents",
then click on the box underneath the above heading which says:

"IGC-approval Documents for all IGC-approved Flight Recorders".

This will call up a list of documents,
the first one being "All IGC-approved FRs - Tables & Information" with links to individual Approval documents.

This is followed by individual IGC-approval documents in alphabetical order of manufacturer's name. Scroll down to the Recorder type and click on its name. The IGC-approval document will then download to the directory that you have set for downloads, without being displayed on screen first.

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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
or
directly from the GFAC web site:
http://www.ukiws.demon.co.uk/GFAC/do..._spec_gnss.pdf

Programs that have been notified to IGC for the analysis of IGC files are listed at:
www.ukiws.demon.co.uk/GFAC/documents/analysis programs for igc flight data files.pdf

The IGC Shell program for Validation of the structure of IGC files may be downloaded he
www.ukiws.demon.co.uk/GFAC/downloads.htm
This downloads the file IGCDLL.zip, which when un-zipped, gives the free IGC Shell program. This web site also contains the latest FR Manufacturers' Data Link Library (DLL) files that are used by IGC Shell and other programs to Validate the structure of an IGC file. The IGC file Validate check ensures that the IGC file came from a serviceable and secure FR, and the file is identical to when it was originally downloaded. This check is required before a flight performance recorded in the IGC file can be approved to the standards of IGC.

Finally, the Sporting Code for gliding (SC3) and its annexes A-D may be downloaded via: www.fai.org/igc-documents

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Ian Strachan
Chairman, IGC GNSS Flight Recorder Approval Committee (GFAC)

www.ukiws.demon.co.uk/GFAC