Position recorders for badges

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

On Feb 28, 7:10*pm, 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

Position recorders can already be used for Silver and Gold badges, as
approved by ones NAC. The SSA, to my knowledge, has yet to formally
approve any position recorders. GPS altitude is not currently
acceptable as evidence, if the a position recorder is capable of being
approved as an electronic pressure recording barograph, then it may be
used on its own. Otherwise, a separate barograph must be carried, and
that data also provided. There is a proposal in front of the upcoming
IGC plenary session to allow use of GPS altitude, if approved (it's in
year 2 stage), I believe it could go into effect as soon as the next
Sporting Code update in October...

Marc

On Feb 28, 9:54*pm, Marc wrote:
On Feb 28, 7:10*pm, 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

Position recorders can already be used for Silver and Gold badges, as
approved by ones NAC. *The SSA, to my knowledge, has yet to formally
approve any position recorders. *GPS altitude is not currently
acceptable as evidence, if the a position recorder is capable of being
approved as an electronic pressure recording barograph, then it may be
used on its own. *Otherwise, a separate barograph must be carried, and
that data also provided. *There is a proposal in front of the upcoming
IGC plenary session to allow use of GPS altitude, if approved (it's in
year 2 stage), I believe it could go into effect as soon as the next
Sporting Code update in October...

Marc

The SSA has approved the FlywithCE position recorder for silver and
gold badges. You still have to have a barograph for altitude though.

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