SAFA Skysailor Magazine

57 AUTUMN 2026 | March-April-May SKY SAILOR he unclipped from his harness (AIRS #689). His glider and harness were still in the tree when found. Again, at this point you are secured and if not comfortable, then at least safe. Now is the time to use your radio, mobile phone, SPOT or InReach satellite messag- ing device or PLB. There are a couple of apps available for mobile phones that would be well worth loading before you go flying that could be of assistance in this circumstance. The first is Emergency+ . This displays your position from your mobile phone and provides easy to use buttons to call the various emergency services directly. Another app that is now incorporated into Emergency+ is What3words https://what3words.com . The basic premise underlying this app is that instead of using latitude and longitude coordinates to give a position, the position can be given using three words as coordinates.