Petitions for Exemption; Summary of Petitions Received; Dispositions of Petitions Issued

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 27 (Wednesday, February 10, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6732-6733]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-3283]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE-99-04]


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 March 3, 1999.

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: 9-NPRM-cmts@faa.gov.
    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: Cherie Jack (202) 267-7271 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, DC, on January 5, 1999.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

Docket No.: 29368
Petitioner: North American Air Charter, Inc.
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.299(a)
Description of Relief Sought: To permit North American Air Charter, 
Inc., pilots to accomplish a line operational evaluation in a level C 
or level D flight simulator in lieu of a line check in an aircraft.

Docket No.: 29372
Petitioner: Helicopter Consutants, Inc.
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.163 and 135.181
Description of Relief Sought: To permit Helicopter Consultants, Inc., 
doing business as Aircraft Commercial Enterprise, Inc. (ACE), to 
conduct passenger-carrying operations in a single-engine aircraft in 
certain limited instrument flight rules conditions as were permitted 
previously by Sec. 135.103. In addition, a grant of exemption would 
allow ACE to conduct such operations without equipping its aircraft 
with (1) two independent electrical power-generating sources, or a 
standby battery or, alternate source of electrical power; and (2) a 
redundant energy system for gyroscopic instruments.

Docket No.: 29385
Petitioner: Charity Airlift Incorporated
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 125.1(b)(2)
Description of Relief Sought: To allow Charity Airlift Incorporated to 
conduct noncommon carriage operations using a restricted category 
Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft carrying persons and/or cargo for 
compensation or hire under the provisions of part 125.

Docket No.: 29397
Petitioner: Japan Airlines Company, Ltd.
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.47(b)
Description of Relief Sought: To allow Japan Airlines Company, Ltd. to 
use the calibrations standards of Japan's National Research Laboratory 
of Metrology and Japan's Electrotechnical Laboratory in lieu of the 
calibration standards of the U.S. National Institute of Standards and 
Technology, formerly the National Bureau of Standards, to test its 
inspection and test equipment.

Docket No.: 29398
Petitioner: All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.47(b)
Description of Relief Sought: To permit All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd., 
to use the calibrations standards of Japan's National Research 
Laboratory of Metrology and Japan's Electrotechnical Laboratory in lieu 
of the calibration standards of the U.S. National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, formerly the National Bureau of Standards, to 
test its inspection and test equipment.

Docket No.: 29406
Petitioner: Flight Services Group, Inc.
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.299(a)
Description of Relief Sought: To permit Flight Services Group, Inc., 
pilots to accomplish a line operational evaluation in a Level C or 
Level D flight simulator in lieu of a line check in an aircraft.

Docket No.: 29411
Petitioner: Spirit Aviation Incorporated
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.225(g)
Description of Relief Sought: To permit Spirit Aviation Incorporated to 
conduct takeoffs in single-pilot, turbine-powered airplanes where 
takeoff visibility is one-half of a mile down to 1,800 feet runway 
visual range, subject to certain conditions and limitations.

Docket No.: 29413
Petitioner: Hiawatha Aviation of Rochester, Inc.
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.299(a)
Description of Relief Sought: To allow Hiawatha Aviation of Rochester, 
Inc., pilots to accomplish a line operation evaluation in a Level C or 
Level D flight simulator in lieu of a line check in an aircraft.

Docket No.: 29424
Petitioner: Ameriflight, Inc.
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.243(c)(2)
Description of Relief Sought: To permit Ameriflight, Inc., to allow its 
pilots in command to operate under instrument flight rules with a 
minimum of 800 hours of total flight time, including 400 hours of 
cross-country flight time and 75 hours of night flight time, in lieu of 
the flight-time requirements of Sec. 135.243.

Dispositions of Petitions

Docket No.: 25024
Petitioner: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Institute of 
Aviation
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 141.55 (d) and (e) and 141.63(b)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit UI to hold

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examining authority for FAA-approved training courses that do not 
specify the minimum ground and flight training time requirements of 
part 141. Denial, 1/21/99, Exemption No. 6856.

Docket No.: 27724
Petitioner: Academics of Flight
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 65.17(a)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Academics of Flight 
to administer a school aircraft dispatcher written examination to 
graduates of its FAA-approved aircraft dispatcher program, in lieu of 
the FAA Aircraft Dispatcher written exam. Denial, 1/13/99, Exemption 
No. 6851.

Docket No.: 29184
Petitioner: Arctic Air Service, Inc.
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.152(a)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow Arctic Air Service, 
Inc., to operate its Sikorsky 76A helicopter (Registration No. N348AA, 
Serial No. 760006) without an approved digital flight data recorder 
installed. Grant, 1/22/99, Exemption No. 6854.

Docket No.: 29376
Petitioner: Mr. Allen Banen
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.109 (a) and (b)(3)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow Mr. Banen to conduct 
certain flight instruction and simulated instrument flight to meet 
recent instrument experience requirements in Beechcraft Baron and 
Bonanza airplanes equipped with a functioning thrower control wheel in 
place of functioning dual controls. Grant, 1/29/99, Exemption No. 6857.

Docket No.: 29395
Petitioner: Iowa City Flying Service, Inc.
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Iowa City Flying 
Service, Inc., to operate its aircraft (Registration Nos. N71CF, N91CF, 
M11CF, and N117SK; Serial Nos. 27-7954092, 31-174, 31-7652105, and 414-
0638, respectively) without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed. 
Grant, 1/20/99, Exemption No. 6852.

Docket No.: 29448
Petitioner: American Airlines, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.791(a) and 121.317(a)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow American Airlines, 
Inc., to operate its Boeing 737 and 777 aircraft with ``No Smoking'' 
signs that always are illuminated. Grant, 1/20/99, Exemption No. 6853.

Docket No.: 25731
Petitioner: Experimental Aircraft Association
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 45.25 and 45.29
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Experimental 
Aircraft Association and Confederate Air Force members to continue to 
operate their historic military aircraft with 2-inch high nationality 
and registration marks located beneath the aircraft's horizontal 
stabilizer. Grant, 1/22/99, Exemption No. 5019E.

Docket No.: 28054
Petitioner: Air Vegas, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.345(c)(2) and 135.143(c)(2)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow Air Vegas, Inc., to 
continue to operate certain aircraft under part 121 or part 135 without 
a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed in those aircraft. Grant,
2/1/99, Exemption No. 6588A.

Docket No.: 29365
Petitioner: Montana By Air
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow Montana By Air to 
operate its Maule M-4-220C aircraft without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) 
transponder installed. Grant, 2/3/99, Exemption No. 6858.

Docket No.: 26267
Petitioner: Ms. Jacqueline A. Julio
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.311(b)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To continue to permit Ms. 
Jacqueline A. Julio to be secured by a personal safety belt and held on 
her caregiver's lap while on board an aircraft although she has reached 
her second birthday. Grant, 2/3/99, Exemption No. 5195D.

Docket No.: 23465
Petitioner: Everts Air Fuel, Inc.
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.9(a)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To continue to allow Everts 
Air Fuel, Inc., to operate its McDonnell Douglas DC-6 aircraft at a 5-
percent-increased zero fuel weight and landing weight for operating 
all-cargo aircraft. Grant, 2/3/99, Exemption No. 4296G.

Docket No.: 29306
Petitioner: Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.57(a) and (b) and 142.1
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow Gulfstream Aerospace 
Corporation production and engineering flight test pilots to use any 
one of Gulfstream's GII, GIII, GIV, or GV airplanes or a Level B, C, 
and D simulator that represents one of the types of Gulfstream 
turboject airplanes to meet the recent takeoff and landing experience 
requirements of Sec. 61.57, without Gulfstream holding a 14 CFR part 
142 certificate. Grant, 2/3/99, Exemption No. 6859.

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