IGC Flight Recorders - Updates for Filser, LXNAV, LX Navigation andNielsen Kellerman

IGC FR Updates published on 24 March are as follows:
(1) Updated LXNAV LX8000 approval, adding the LX8030 and LX8040 variants with larger screens.
(2) Additions to approvals for LX Navigation LX20/21. DX50, and LX5000 with references to pre-2008 FRs under the Filser name.
(3) Lines for Filser and Nielsen Kellerman added to table of FR Manufacturers.

There are now 60 main types of IGC-approved Flight Recorders, and the number increases to 76 when different models within main types are added.

The main table of all IGC-approvals and individual IGC-approval documents can be downloaded from either the GFAC or FAI/IGC web sites, see below, together with other information on IGC-approved Flight Recorders.

More detail is in the notes that follow.

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

www.ukiws.uk/GFAC

Notes: 1. For the GFAC web site, see: www.ukiws.uk/GFAC
the complete table can be viewed directly at:
www.ukiws.uk/GFAC/igc_approved_frs.pdf
The table lists the name and main characteristics of individual IGC-approvals and in the last column there is a link to individual documents; click the link to call up the document. The table is followed by a list of individual IGC-approval documents in alphabetical order of manufacturer’s name from Aircotec to Zander. These can be called up by clicking the document name.

2. For the FAI/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:
"igcapproval_table_history_-_date.pdf"
followed by FR manufacturers in alphabetical order from Aircotec to Zander

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

The document with the table of IGC-approvals contains a number of other items, as listed below:

(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, recent events first.

(4) A history of GNSS Flight Recording in IGC together with pictures of some early Recorders.

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