Cinematic 3D Replay, Live Buddies & External Tracker Support

SkyTrackPro now plays your flights back like a movie, lets you follow your flying friends in real time, supports Garmin InReach and SPOT trackers, and gives every pilot a personalised wing and pilot design that follows them across the map.

Brand-New Cinematic 3D Flight Replay

The 3D flight replay has been completely rebuilt on top of deck.gl, delivering smoother performance and real cinematic feel. This is the replay experience pilots have been asking for.

• Cinematic chase camera that follows your wing through the sky
• Real altitude rendering over actual terrain
• Buttery-smooth animation, even on long XC flights
• Drastically reduced bundle size — faster load times
• Works seamlessly with the SkyTrack Topo map style

Whether you're reliving a personal best or showing your flight to friends, 3D replay finally feels like a movie.

Live Tracking Buddies — Follow Pilots and Create Groups

A brand-new Live Buddies system lets you connect with other pilots and watch them fly in real time.

• Follow individual pilots or create private buddy groups
• See live positions, altitudes and trails on a single map
• Smarter buddy service with a 30-second refresh interval
• Improved buddy trail visibility and stacking — even on busy maps
• Buddy support is also available on the track replay: replay your flight alongside the friends who flew with you

Group flying, club sessions, and weekend XC missions just became much more social.

Wing & Pilot Designer (v2.0)

Make your flights truly your own. SkyTrackPro now includes a built-in Wing and Pilot Designer:

• Design your wing colors and pattern with crisp SVG markers
• Customise your pilot figure
• Your design appears on tracks, live tracking and replays
• Rendered via maplibregl.Marker for perfect cross-browser correctness

Pick out your wing instantly in any group flight or buddy session.

Garmin InReach & SPOT — Bring Your Tracker to SkyTrackPro

SkyTrackPro now connects directly to third-party satellite trackers. Big news for XC and adventure pilots:

• Full integration with Garmin InReach
• Full integration with SPOT
• Configure trackers from your profile in just a few clicks
• New admin page to manage user external trackers
• Smarter cron handling — no more empty sessions when your device is off

Refined Mobile Experience

Mobile pilots get a long list of UX upgrades:

• Live readout moved to bottom-center map pills for a cleaner view
• Clustered reactions on phone portrait mode
• Fixed mobile portrait UI issues on the flight profile
• Fixed ranking layout on mobile portrait
• Snappier panel persistence and faster delta rendering in live tracking
• Snap-on-tab-return: switch tabs and come back without missing a beat

Live Tracking Polish

• Improved trail color visibility on every map style
• Reduced render cost for smoother live performance
• Better stacking for overlapping buddies
• Consistent pilot/wing marker rendering across browsers

Quality & Fixes

• Fixed private flight detail view for the owner — comments, reactions, and buddy lists now load correctly
• Clear error message when guests try to download an IGC file
• Admin: user and usergroup IDs are now visible
• Fixed white dropdown select on the user profile in admin
• Final part of the jscms 3.0.3 rollout

SkyTrackPro continues to evolve — helping pilots manage, analyse, and share their flights better than ever before.