97-16526. Petitions for Exemption; Summary of Petitions Received; Dispositions of Petitions Issued  

  • [Federal Register Volume 62, Number 121 (Tuesday, June 24, 1997)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 34106-34108]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 97-16526]
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
    
    Federal Aviation Administration
    [Summary Notice No. PE-97-34]
    
    
    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, 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 July 15, 1997.
    
    ADDRESSES: Send comments on any petition in triplicate to: Federal 
    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, SW., 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).
    
    
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        Issued in Washington, D.C., on June 18, 1997.
    Michael E. Chase,
    Acting Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.
        Docket No.: 28884.
        Petitioner: Aero Sky.
        Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.37(b).
        Description of Relief Sought: To permit Aero Sky to obtain a 
    Federal Aviation Administration repair station certificate without 
    having suitable permanent housing facilities for at least one of the 
    heaviest aircraft within the weight class of the rating it seeks.
    
        Docket No.: 28732.
        Petitioner: Vieques Air Link, Inc.
        Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 119.2(a) and 121.2(a)(1)(i).
        Description of Relief Sought: To permit Vieques to continue to 
    operate its Britten-Norman BN-2A Mark III Tri-Islander aircraft in 
    scheduled operations under the requirements of 14 CFR part 135 after 
    March 20, 1997, the deadline to transition to part 121.
    
    Dispositions of Petitions
    
        Docket No.: 26440.
        Petitioner: Dassault Falcon Jet Corporation.
        Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 47.65 and 47.69(b).
        Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Dassault to 
    obtain a Dealer's Aircraft Registration Certificate without meeting the 
    United States citizenship requirements, and to conduct limited flights 
    outside the United States under this certificate.
        Grant, March 28, 1997, Exemption No. 5315A.
    
        Docket No.: 25748.
        Petitioner: Popular Rotorcraft Association, Inc.
        Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.319(a) (1) and (2).
        Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Popular 
    Rotorcraft Association, Inc., and its member flight instructors to 
    conduct pilot and flight instructor training in an experimental 
    gyroplane for compensation or hire.
        Grant, May 30, 1997, Exemption No. 5209E.
    
        Docket No.: 28869.
        Petitioner: Aero Classics, Inc.
        Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.315, 119.5(g), and 
    119.21(a).
        Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow Aero Classics, 
    Inc., to operate its North American TB-25N aircraft (TB-25N), 
    Registration No. N9079Z, Serial No. 44-30734, which holds a limited 
    category airworthiness certificate, for the purpose of carrying 
    passengers on local flights in return for receiving donations.
        Grant, May 30, 1997, Exemption No. 6639.
    
        Docket No.: 28825.
        Petitioner: The University of Oklahoma.
        Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 141.64.
        Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow The University 
    of Oklahoma to recommend graduates of its approved flight instructor 
    certification course for flight instructor certificates without those 
    graduates taking the FAA flight test.
        Grant, May 27, 1997, Exemption No. 6628.
    
        Docket No.: 28753.
        Petitioner: Neuse River Foundation, Inc.
        Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.118.
        Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit certain private 
    pilots to search for ``point pollution'' on the Neuse River and receive 
    reimbursement for their expenses.
        Grant, May 28, 1997, Exemption No. 6630.
    
        Docket No.: 26095.
        Petitioner: Cochise Community College.
        Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 141.65.
        Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow Cochise 
    Community College to recommend graduates of its approved certification 
    course for flight instructor certificates with airplane single-engine 
    ratings without those graduates taking the FAA practical test.
        Grant, May 27, 1997, Exemption No. 6629.
    
        Docket No.: 28834.
        Petitioner: LifePort, Inc.
        Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.562 and 25.785(b).
        Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit certification 
    of medical stretchers for transport of persons whose medical condition 
    dictates such accommodation. The exemption is for installation on 
    Cessna 750 series airplanes.
        Grant, May 23, 1997, Exemption No. 6625.
    
        Docket No.: 28858.
        Petitioner: Evergreen International Airlines, Inc.
        Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.315, 119.5(g), and 
    119.21(a).
        Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Evergreen to 
    operate its former military Boeing B-17G aircraft (B-17G), which has a 
    limited category airworthiness certificate, for the purpose of carrying 
    passengers on local flights in return for receiving donations.
        Grant, May 30, 1997, Exemption No. 6632.
    
        Docket No.: 28807.
        Petitioner: Yankee Air Force.
        Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.315, 119.5(g), and 
    119.21(a).
        Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow Yankee Air Force 
    to operate its former military Boeing B-17G aircraft (B-17G), 
    Registration No. N3193G, Serial No. 77255, which has a limited category 
    airworthiness certificate, for the purpose of carrying passengers on 
    local flights in return for receiving donations.
        Grant, May 30, 1997, Exemption No. 6631.
    
        Docket No.: 28356.
        Petitioner: Douglas Aircraft Company.
        Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 21.325(b)(1).
        Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow Douglas Aircraft 
    Company to issue airworthiness approvals for new aircraft that are 
    assembled and flight-tested, (MD-90 airplanes) located and manufactured 
    outside of the United States.
        Grant, May 27, 1997, Exemption No. 6626.
    
        Docket No.: 22558.
        Petitioner: Boeing Commercial Airplane Group.
        Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 47.69(b).
        Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit flight testing 
    and sales demonstrations outside the United States with its Dealer's 
    Aircraft Registration Certificates and Temporary Registration Numbers, 
    subject to the following conditions:
        1. The aircraft must be owned by Boeing:
        2. The aircraft must have a temporary registration number or an 
    assigned number affixed as provided by 14 CFR part 45;
        3. When the aircraft does not have a standard airworthiness 
    certificate, permission of the host country (countries) must be 
    obtained before flights to or through that country;
        4. Boeing shall maintain records of each international flight for a 
    period of one year after the aircraft returns to the United States, 
    such records to consist of:
        a. Registration number and aircraft serial number;
        b. Dates of departures and return to the United States; and,
        c. General overseas itinerary.
        Grant, May 28, 1997, Exemption No. 6627.
    
        Docket No: 26267.
    
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        Petitioner: Anne L. Julio.
        Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.311(b).
        Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow Ms. Jacqueline 
    A. Julio to be secured by a personal safety belt and held on her 
    caregiver's lap while on board the aircraft although she has reached 
    her second birthday.
        Grant, June 3, 1997, Exemption No. 5195C.
    
        Docket No.: 28846.
        Petitioner: Gulfstream International Airlines, Inc.
        Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.359(g).
        Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow Gulfstream 
    International Airlines, Inc., to operate certain Beechcraft 1900 C 
    aircraft with oxygen masks that are not equipped with an installed 
    microphone.
        Grant, June 2, 1997, Exemption No. 6596A.
    
        Docket No.: 18114.
        Petitioner: Federal Express Corporation.
        Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.547(c) and 121.583(a).
        Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Federal Express 
    Corporation to carry a reporter, photographer, or journalist aboard its 
    Boeing 747 and McDonnell Douglas DC-8 aircraft without complying with 
    certain passenger-carrying requirements of part 121.
        Grant, June 3, 1997, Exemption No. 2600K.
    
        Docket No.: 28842.
        Petitioner: Air Tahoma, Inc.
        Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.345(c).
        Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow Air Tahoma to 
    operate without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed in its 
    aircraft operating under the provisions of part 121.
        Grant, June 2, 1997, Exemption No. 6635.
    
        Docket No.: 28847.
        Petitioner: Trans States Airlines.
        Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.433(c)(1)(iii), and 
    121.441 (a)(1) and (b)(1), and appendix F.
        Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow Trans States 
    Airlines regulatory relief to the extent necessary to establish an 
    annual single visit training program for its pilots in an effort to 
    eventually transition into the Advanced Qualification Program codified 
    in Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 58.
        Grant, June 3, 1997, Exemption No. 6636.
    
        Docket No.: 23753.
        Petitioner: Saudia Arabian Airlines Corporation.
        Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.2, 63.2, and 67.12.
        Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow Saudia pilots to 
    be examined for and issued U.S. certificates and ratings required to 
    operate its fleet as if it were a certificated U.S. air carrier. The 
    amendment would expand the exemption to include Boeing 747-400, Boeing 
    777-200, McDonnell Douglas MD-11F, and McDonnell Douglas MD-90 
    aircraft.
        Grant, June 7, 1997, Exemption No. 3923H.
    
        Docket No.: 28855.
        Petitioner: Offshore Logistics, Inc.
        Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.152(a).
        Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow Offshore 
    Logistics, Inc., to operate certain rotocraft with a seating 
    configuration, excluding any pilot seat, of 10 to 19 seats without an 
    approved flight data recorder.
        Grant, June 4, 1997, Exemption No. 6637.
    
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Document Information

Published:
06/24/1997
Department:
Federal Aviation Administration
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Notice of petitions for exemption received and of dispositions of prior petitions.
Document Number:
97-16526
Dates:
Comments on petitions received must identify the petition docket number involved and must be received on or before July 15, 1997.
Pages:
34106-34108 (3 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Summary Notice No. PE-97-34
PDF File:
97-16526.pdf