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November 06, 2016

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (11.06.16): Common Point

Common Point A significant point over which two or more aircraft will report passing or have reported passing before proceeding on the same or diverging tracks. To establish/maintain longitudinal separation, a controller may determine a common point not originally in the aircraft’s flight plan and then clear the aircraft to fly over the point.

Aero Linx: Canadian Owners and Pilots Association (COPA) Mission: To advance, promote, and preserve the Canadian freedom to fly. Our Strategic Vision: COPA will be the strong, recognized and credible voice, sufficient in size and capability to optimize access to Personal Aviation in Canada. Background: The idea to form COPA was born in April, 1952. Back then, Laurentian Air Services pilot John Bogie was having lunch in the Ottawa Flying Club lounge with Spartan Air Services pilot Bill Peppler and Paul Saunders when Ottawa pilot Margaret Carson came storming in and declared that something had to be done about the way small aircraft owners and ope

“This will benefit the MU-2 community since modifications to the training program (such as changes to the stall recovery procedure) will be more easily corrected with AC updates in the future.” Source: Pat Cannon, representing Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America (MHIA) in the management of 14 CFR Part 91 Subpart N program, in comments associated with the Federal Aviation Administration's introduction of a new regulation, 14 CFR Part 91 Subpart N, which will be replacing Special Federal Aviation Regulation 108 (SFAR 108) concerning MU-2B special training, experience, and operating requirements.