[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 105 (Monday, June 2, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29759-29761]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-14317]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE-97-29]
Petitions for Exemption; Summary of Petitions Received;
Dispositions of Petitions Issued
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of petitions for exemption received and of dispositions
of prior petitions.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to FAA's rulemaking provisions governing the
application, processing, and disposition of petitions for exemption (14
CFR Part 11), this notice contains a summary of certain petitions
seeking relief from specified requirements of the Federal Aviation
Regulations (14 CFR Chapter I), dispositions of certain petitions
previously received, and corrections. The purpose of this notice is to
improve the public's awareness of, and participation in, this aspect of
FAA's regulatory activities. Neither publication of this notice nor the
inclusion or omission of information in the summary is intended to
affect the legal status of any petition or its final disposition.
DATES: Comments on petitions received must identify the petition docket
number involved and must be received on or before June 23, 1997.
ADDRESSES: Send comments on any petition in triplicate to: Federal
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Aviation Administration, Office of the Chief Counsel, Attn: Rule Docket
(AGC-200), Petition Docket No. ______, 800 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, D.C. 20591.
Comments may also be sent electronically to the following internet
address: [email protected]
The petition, any comments received, and a copy of any final
disposition are filed in the assigned regulatory docket and are
available for examination in the Rules Docket (AGC-200), Room 915G, FAA
Headquarters Building (FOB 10A), 800 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, D.C. 20591; telephone (202) 267-3132.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Heather Thorson (202) 267-7470 or
Angela Anderson (202) 267-9681 Office of Rulemaking (ARM-1), Federal
Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, SE., Washington, DC
20591.
This notice is published pursuant to paragraphs (c), (e), and (g)
of Sec. 11.27 of Part 11 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR
part 11).
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 27, 1997.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.
Dispositions of Petitions
Docket No.: 26412.
Petitioner: The Soaring Society of America, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.118.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit private pilots
who are members of the certain SSA chapters to log the flight time
accumulated while towing gliders for SSA chapter members. Grant, May 6,
1997, Exemption No. 5303C.
Docket No.: 28533.
Petitioner: Tradewind Turbines Corp.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 21.19.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: to permit the petitioner
to apply for a supplemental type certificate rather than a new type
certificate for a design change to the Beechcraft 58P Baron by removing
the existing two piston-powered engines and replacing them with a
single turbopropeller engine. Grant, May 7, 1997, Exemption No. 6614.
Docket No.: 28830.
Petitioner: Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. (EMBRAER).
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.47(b).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner
to use the calibration standards of the Instituto Nacional de
Metrologia, Normalizacao e Qualidade Industrial (INMETRO), Brazil's
national standards organization, in lieu of the calibration standards
of the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST),
formerly the National Bureau of Standards, to test its inspection and
test equipment. Grant, May 6, 1997, Exemption No. 6616.
Docket No.: 25862.
Petitioner: Cessna Aircraft Company.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 47.69(b).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow petitioner to
conduct flights outside the United States by using a Dealer's Aircraft
Registration Certificate. Grant, April 18, 1997, Exemption No. 5043 D.
Docket No.: 28826.
Petitioner: Greenwich Caledonian Limited.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.45(f).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow the petitioner
to distribute only 24 copies of its manual containing inspection
procedures throughout its repair station, in lieu of the requirement
that one copy of the manual be distributed to each of its supervisory
and inspection personnel and be made available to its other personnel.
Grant, May 6, 1997, Exemption No. 6617.
Docket No.: 27354.
Petitioner: A.J. Blake, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 137.53(c)(2).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner
to conduct aerial applications of insecticide materials from a Piper
PA-23-250 aircraft that is not equipped with a device capable of
jettisoning within 45 seconds at least one-half of the aircraft's
maximum authorized load of agricultural materials when operating over a
congested area. Grant, May 12, 1997, Exemption No. 5676B.
Docket No.: 25652.
Petitioner: Cochise Community College.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 141, Appendix H, para 3(c)(1)
& (3).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner
to enroll students in the ground school portion of its Flight
Instructor-Airplane Certification Course who have not yet completed the
flight portion of the Commercial Pilot-Airplane Certification/
Instrument-Airplane Rating Course. Grant, May 12, 1997, Exemption No.
5330C.
Docket No.: 28368.
Petitioner: Dornier Aviation (North America), Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.55(b)(3); 61.56(h)(1), (2),
and (3); 61.57(c)(3); and (d)(2); 62.58(e); 61.64(e)(3); 6165(e)(2),
and (g)(1) and (3); 61.67(c)(4) and (d)(2); 61.158(d)(1); 61.191(d);
and 61.197(e).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow the petitioner
to use Federal Aviation Administration approved simulators to meet
certain flight experience requirements of part 61. Grant, May 6, 1997,
Exemption No. 6401A.
Docket No.: 26600.
Petitioner: Keflavik Navy Flying Club.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 141, 91.411(b) and 91.413(c).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow the petitioner
to use the Maintenance Department of Icelandair to conduct and record
inspections and tests required by those regulations. Grant, April 22,
1997, Exemption No. 6608.
Docket No.: 28102.
Petitioner: FlightSafety International.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.187(b).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner
to use certificated flight instructors in its flight instructor
certification course who have held a flight instructor certificate for
less than 24 months preceding the date that instruction is given.
Grant, May 12, 1997, Exemption No. 6118A.
Docket No.: 28901.
Petitioner: Era Aviation, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.574(a)(1)(i).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition:
To allow the petitioner to carry and operate for medical use by
passengers oxygen storing and dispensing equipment that is furnished by
local hospitals and conforms with the maintenance requirements of 49
CFR parts 171, 172, and 173, except 173.24(a)(1). Grant, May 12, 1997,
Exemption No. 6620.
Docket No.: 26236.
Petitioner: Machen, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 21.19(b)(2).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow the petitioner
to apply for a supplemental type certificate instead of a new type
certificate for a design change that installs turbofan jet engines in
place of existing reciprocating engines and propellers on Piper
Aerostar aircraft Model nos. 601P, 602P, and 700P. Denial, May 7, 1997,
Exemption No. 6615.
Docket No.: 28524.
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Petitioner: Omni Engineering, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.313(e).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow Omni crewmembers
to operate a Grumman HU-16D Albatross aircraft (Registration No. N695S,
Serial No. 146426), which is currently certificated as a restricted
category aircraft, over densely populated areas, in congested airways,
and near busy airports where passenger transport operations are
conducted. Denial, May 12, 1997, Exemption No. 6619.
Docket No.: 28686.
Petitioner: Jerry L. Clifton.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.209.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow Mr. Jerry L.
Clifton, Mr. David L. Clifton, or Mr. Scott C. Clifton to operate a hot
air balloon in tethered flight at altitudes at or below 250 feet above
ground level during the period from sunset to sunrise without meeting
certain aircraft lighting requirements. Denial, May 6, 1997, Exemption
No. 6618.
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