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As a young flyer, my parents, friends and grandparents like to know when I've arrived somewhere safely.
I send a text when I'm departing to a couple of people, and do the same when arriving - however sometimes I forget and people start to panic. Find My Friends on iPhone is somewhat useful, however if I go abroad I'm not keen on using my data roaming, and of course not everyone has an iPhone or iPad or uses Find My Friends.

My suggestion is simply this; is it possible to add automatic text alerts to SkyDemon when I depart somewhere and when I arrive somewhere? So when I depart (i.e. when flight logging starts), send a text message to someone with a destination, ETE and ETA (all accessible from the Pilot Log). And when I arrive (i.e. when flight logging stops), send a text message to say I have arrived at the destination.
This is of course assuming SkyDemon is being used on the mobile phone, as it probably wouldn't be possible on a tablet.
Anyone think this would be a good idea and whether it would be possible and easy to implement?

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How will SkyDemon tell the difference between "arrived safely" and wrapped around a tree at your destination? Maybe just set an alarm on your phone before departure to remind you to send the text on arrival.
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Or hen you hit "stop navigating" you get an option to send a "landed safe" email/text. Not necessarily with all location details, etc....(could get awkward!)
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In the next version, there is a "Share on Social Media" in the track menu. It's way better than sending a text message Smile
See https://www.facebook.com/SkyDemonVFR/posts/1100746629991724:0

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