PROFICIENCY & EFFICIENCY 82 SAVVY MAINTENANCE >> TECHNOLOGY 85 ADS-B 90 OWNERSHIP 96 NEVER AGAIN In Alaska, pilots can link their Spidertracks, SPOT, and DeLorme inReach devices to flight plans and send distress signals directly to flight service through the Enhanced Special Reporting Service. | Satellite saviors Exploring three safety devices B Y I A N J. T W O M B LY YOU'VE PROBABLY GIVEN LOTS OF THOUGHT to emergency procedures, practiced emergency descents dozens of times, and maybe even filed a VFR flight plan or two. But few pilots take emergency preparedness planning to its logical conclusion. What happens once you're on the ground? 80 | AOPA PILOT January 2017