Record a flight

Behaviour

• Start flying from the app, the Control Center control, a home-screen quick action or Siri; the in-flight map opens.
• GPS and barometer fixes are written to a crash-safe store, then saved as an IGC file in the logbook.
• The IGC carries an AVUL A record, the HF header from the flight declaration and HFFTYFRTYPE:Vulture (or Vulture Watch).
• Mark event writes a pilot event (PEV) into the recording, from the map or the Live Activity.
• Needs Vulture Pro (recording). A recording already running can always be resumed for free.
• A location simulator exists for debugging only.

Platform differences

• Not in Android v1. If Android records later, it must write the same IGC headers so the backend and the analysis treat its files alike.

Related

• In-flight display, Go to a target, Live Activity and Control Center, Apple Watch app
• Flight analysis §9.5 (IGC writing)
• Persistence §1.3 (FixRecord)