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CIMA flight recorder approval documents

The following approvals have been issued on behalf of CIMA by the CIMA GNSS Flight Recorder Approvals Committee (FRAC).

FR Type Approval document Date issued
MLR SP24XC CIMA_FRAC_Approval_MLR001.pdf  (55Kb) 1 Sep 2005
Air Observer Mini logger CIMA_FRAC_Approval_OBS001.pdf  (32Kb) 23 Sep 2005
Air Observer Micro logger CIMA_FRAC_Approval_OBS002.pdf  (48Kb) 22 May 2008

CIMA FRAC only approves “Type 1” FR’s which are those suitable for use in microlight championships, but each approval document describes how they must be used in microlight record attempts too. Other flight recorders may be used in record attempts and these are described in FAI Section 10, Annex 6.

The download software for approved flight recorders are: