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June 27, 2022

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (06.27.22)

Aero Linx: Northern California Business Aviation Association (NCBAA) Mission Statement: To promote safety principles and practices through education and outreach while encouraging continual growth of a positive safety culture within the Northern California business aviation community. We aim to deliver a series of events that allows everyone in the NorCal area an opportunity to connect with other business aviation professionals, learn about topics of interest and grow our aviation community.

Close Parallel Runways Two parallel runways whose extended centerlines are separated by less than 4,300 feet and at least 3000 feet (750 feet for SOIA operations) for which ATC is authorized to conduct simultaneous independent approach operations. PRM and simultaneous close parallel appear in approach title. Dual communications, special pilot training, an Attention All Users Page (AAUP), NTZ monitoring by displays that have aural and visual alerting algorithms are required. A high update rate surveillance sensor is required for certain runway or approach course spacing.

“Anything that was loose in the cockpit went flying, It was pretty violent… I got my headset back on, grabbed the yoke and I got the plane back under control.” Source: From a post-incident interview with Capt. Michael Wolff of the U.S. Marine Corps, who along with Maj. Cory Jones, were awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross—the military’s penultimate award for aviator valor—after piloting their stricken C-130J to a survivable landing in a California cauliflower field subsequent an inflight collision with an F-35 Lightning II.