What assigns the date of a Flight Log, the flight Recorder or the laptop?
A. The answer depends on the source for display of Flight Log Navigation Point data. IGC Flight log filenames come from the GPS clock which is based on UTC time. The first GPS fix in the flight log is the source of time and date information for filename assignment. Day —- 10th – a ——————l Month —- June 6 ————l l Year — 98 ———————- | | l | | | 86ac0rw1.cai | | l Manufacturer (Cambridge)——| | l FR Identifier 0rw ———————–l l Flight Number —- 1 ———————l Month and day are encoded as follows: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 — — 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f – – A local time offset is associated with the PC Software database for navigation points. Barograph traces, “fix” times, and flight evaluation times are all displayed in local time. In California, the local time offset should be -7. UTC-PDT = 7. California time is 7 hours BEHIND time in Greenwich, England (the reference location for UTC). This works fine exce
