IGC approval for the LX9000HAFR Flight Recorder

I am pleased to announce IGC-approval for the LX9000HAFR Flight Recorder
from LXNAV d.o.o. of Celje, Slovenia, for "all flights" including world records.

HAFR stands for High Altitude Flight Recorder and, as well as other flights, may be used for world altitude records over 15,000 metres (49,213ft) in accordance with IGC rules for HAFRs.

This is the type of recorder used by Perlan 2 which is about to make altitude record attempts in the Andes wave.

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

There are now 56 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

The table can be viewed directly at:

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 in the right hand column under "Date of Latest Document".

(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, most recent events first.

(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:

go to: www.fai.org/igc-documents

Scroll down and click "Flight Recorders",

look down and click on: "IGC-approved Flight Recorders - Approval Documents"

then click on "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 - table, links to approval documents, general information and history"

This is followed by individual IGC-approval documents in alphabetical order of manufacturer’s name from Aircotec to Zander.

Either click on the Recorder’s name in the Table, or scroll down to the Recorder type and click on its name.

A box will appear at the bottom of the screen with what has been downloaded, click on "Open" to view the document, which will also have been saved in your Downloads folder.

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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-documents 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