[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30282-30284]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-14711]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE-98-10]
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, 1998.
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]
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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:
Tawana Matthews (202) 267-9783 or Terry Stubblefield (202) 267-7624,
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).
Issued in Washington, D.C. on May 29, 1998.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.
Petiton for Exemption
Docket No.: 29216.
Petitioner: Mid East Jet, Inc.
Regulations Affected: 25.813(e).
Description of Petition: To exempt Mid East Jet, Inc. from the
requirements of 14 CFR 25.813(e), which prohibits installation of a
door in any partition between passenger compartments. This aircraft
operates under the provisions of FAR parts 91 or 125 and is not engaged
in providing ``air transportation.'' If granted, this exemption would
permit the carriage of an additional 16 passengers, for a total of 41,
on an executive configured Boeing 757-200 aircraft intended for non-
revenue use only.
Petitions for Exemption
Docket No.: 29197.
Petitioner: The Stallion 51 Corporation.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.315.
Description of Relief Sought: To permit Stallion 51 to provide
initial and recurrent training, orientation flights, and training under
contract with the U.S. military in its two North American P-51
airplanes certificated as limited category civil aircraft.
Dispositions of Petitions
Docket No.: 28824.
Petitioner: Traid International Maintenance Corporation.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.807(c)(1).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit deactivation of
the existing passenger emergency escape exit door R1 on Boeing 767-200
aircraft converted by TIMCO from a passenger to an all-freight
configuration with accommodations for up to four supernumerary
occupants in the flight deck area forward of the main deck Class E
cargo compartment. GRANT, May 1, 1998, Exemption No. 6698A.
Docket No.: 29110.
Petitioner: ERA Aviation, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 119.2(a) and 121.356(b).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit ERA to operate
two Douglas DC-3 (DC-3) airplanes under part 121 passenger-carrying
operations without those airplanes being equipped with a Traffic Alert
and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS). GRANT, May 14, 1998, Exemption
No. 6765.
Docket No.: 26006.
Petitioner: Raytheon Aircraft Company.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 47.69(b).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the use of a
Dealer's Aircraft Registration Certificates outside the United States
for demonstrating, testing, selling, and marketing its aircraft,
subject certain conditions and limitations. GRANT, April 30, 1998,
Exemption No. 6758.
Docket No.: 28479.
Petitioner: Strong Enterprises, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 105.43(a).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Strong
Enterprises, Inc., and Strong Certified Tandem Instructors to conduct
parachute jumps while wearing a dual-harness, dual-parachute pack,
having at least one main parachute and one auxiliary parachute. The
exemption also authorizes the pilot-in-command of aircraft involved in
these operations to allow such persons to make tandem parachute jumps.
GRANT, May 6, 1998, Exemption No. 6474C.
Docket No.: 28468.
Petitioner: Honolulu Community College Aeronautics.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 65.75, 65.77 and 65.80.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner
to institute a continuous practical examination program in which
students enrolled in HCC's approved 14 CFR part 147 program undergo
practical testing concurrent with its training program, in lieu of the
students taking the practical test at the completion of the training
program. GRANT, May 12, 1998, Exemption No. 6764.
Docket No.: 26048.
Petitioner: National Test Pilot School.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.319(a) (1) and (2).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner
to operate aircraft that have experimental certificates to train flight
test students who are pilots and flight engineers through the
demonstration and practice of flight test techniques and to teach those
students flight test data acquisition methods for compensation. GRANT,
May 21, 1998, Exemption No. 5778C.
Docket No.: 27167.
Petitioner: Corporate Aviation Services, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit CAS to operate
certain aircraft under the provisions of part 135 without a TSO-C112
(Mode S) transponder installed on those aircraft. GRANT, May 21, 1998,
Exemption No. 5756B.
Docket No.: 28573.
Petitioner: FAA's Office of Aviation System Standards.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.251 and 135.255(a).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner
to use the drug and alcohol testing program mandated by Department of
Transportation (DOT) Order 3910.1C, ``The Drug and Alcohol-Free
Departmental Workplace,'' for its Flight Inspection Program management,
pilot, and maintenance personnel in lieu of the drug and alcohol
testing programs mandated by the Federal Aviation Regulations. GRANT,
May 21, 1998, Exemption No. 6484A.
Docket No.: 26690.
Petitioner: AMR Eagle, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.411(a)(2), (a)(3), and
(b)(2); 121.413(b) (c), and (d); appendix H to part 121; 135.337(a)(2),
(a)(3), and (b)(2); and 135.339(a)(2), (b), and (c).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit AMR Eagle to
use qualified AMR Eagle or AMR Eagle-affiliated instructor pilots and
check airmen to use certain FAA-approved simulators to train and check
Eagle certificate holders' pilots without those instructors and check
airmen meeting all the applicable training requirements of parts 121
and 135. GRANT, May 21, 1998, Exemption No. 5486C.
Docket No.: 28530.
Petitioner: John A. Porter.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.109(a) and (b)(3).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner
to conduct certain flight instruction and
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simulated instrument flights to meet recent instrument experience
requirements, in certain Beechcraft airplanes equipped with a
functioning throwover control wheel in place of functioning dual
controls. GRANT, May 21, 1998, Exemption No. 6521A.
Docket No.: 28905.
Petitioner: Petroleum Helicopters, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.152(a).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner
to operate two Bell 214st helicopters and one Bell 412SP helicopter,
currently owned by PHI, that are not equipped with approved flight data
recorders. GRANT, May 21, 1998, Exemption No. 6713A.
Docket No.: 28955.
Petitioner: James W. Shafer.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.307(c).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Mr. Shafer to
permanently mount and use a Ballistic Recovery Systems, Inc. (BRS),
1050 ballistic parachute in his Rans S-10 experimental category
aircraft in lieu of the individual approved parachutes required by
Sec. 91.307(c). DENIAL May 21, 1998, Exemption No. 6767.
Docket No.: 28434.
Petitioner: Mercy Air Service, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.142(c)(2).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner
to operate certain aircraft without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder
installed. GRANT, May 21, 1998, Exemption No. 6769.
Docket No.: 28977.
Petitioner: Freight Runners Express, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner
to operate its Beechcraft B-99A aircraft without a TSO-C112 (Mode S)
transponder installed. GRANT, May 21, 1998, Exemption No. 6768.
Docket No.: 29181.
Petitioner: Northwest Airlines.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 93.217.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Northwest, who
holds two international slots at O'Hare, to conduct domestic operations
utilizing the two subject international slots. Northwest may trade
these two slots on a one-for-one basis at the same airport; these slots
may not be bought, sold, or leased. GRANT, May 27, 1998, Exemption No.
6766.
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