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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE-94-21]

 

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 27, 1994.

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, DC 20591.
    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, DC 20591; telephone (202) 267-3132.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Frederick M. Haynes, Office of 
Rulemaking (ARM-1), Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence 
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591; telephone (202) 267-3939.
    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 31, 1994.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

    Docket No.: 26178.
    Petitioner: Continental Airlines, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.358.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend the December 
31, 1995, compliance date permitted in Exemption No. 5256 for 
installation of required windshear equipment in its aircraft in order 
to develop, certificate, and implement predictive windshear devices in 
lieu of installing existing reactive systems.

    Docket No.: 27608.
    Petitioner: Delta Air Line, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.813(e) and 121.310(f)(5).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To amend existing 
Exemption 5413, which permits the installation of a door between 
passenger compartments on the McDonnell Douglas MD-11 airplane, to 
permit the same installation on five different interior configurations 
of the MD-11.

    Docket No.: 27616.
    Petitioner: Wright Air Services, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.181(a)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit Wright Air Services, Inc., 
to operate a single-engine aircraft, the Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, 
while carrying passengers in instrument flight rule (IFR) conditions 
for compensation or hire.

    Docket No.: 27671.
    Petitioner: Boeing Commercial Airplane Group.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 21.195(d)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought: Would authorize Boeing to obtain an 
Experimental Airworthiness Certificate on all models of transport 
category aircraft, for the purpose of market survey, with less than 5 
flight hours on the aircraft.

    Docket No.: 27691.
    Petitioner: Cessna Aircraft Company.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.609(e).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Cessna Aircraft 
Company to operate Cessna Model 525 CitationJet airplanes without an 
installed cockpit voice recorder during demonstration flights conducted 
by Cessna personnel.

    Docket No.: 27696.
    Petitioner: Atlantic Aero, Inc. & Mid-Atlantic Freight, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.181(a)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit Atlantic Aero, Inc., and 
Mid Atlantic Freight, Inc., to conduct passenger carrying operations 
under part 135, in over-the-top and in instrument flight rule 
conditions, in a single engine Cessna C208/208B airplane.

    Docket No.: 27702.
    Petitioner: Gee Bee, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 45.22(b)(1)(ii).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow Gee Bee, Inc., 
to utilize the registration number NR2101 on an airplane certificated 
in the experimental category, instead of NX2101.

Dispositions of Petitions

    Docket No.: 15590.
    Petitioner: Embry-riddle Aeronautical University.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR Appendixes A, C, D, F, and H 
of part 141.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow ERAU to train 
certain of its students to a performance standards without meeting the 
prescribed minimum flight time requirements.

GRANT, May 18, 1994, Exemption No. 2329J

    Docket No.: 23653.
    Petitioner: University of North Dakota.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR Appendixes A, C, D, F, and H 
of part 141.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend the termination 
date of Exemption No. 3825, which allows the University of North Dakota 
to graduate students who have been trained to a specific performance 
level rather than the minimum flight time requirements of part 141.

GRANT, May 20, 1994, Exemption No. 3825G

    Docket No.: 25242.
    Petitioner: Experimental Aircraft Association.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.58(c) and 91.5.
    Description of Relief Sought: To extend the termination date of 
Exemption No. 4941, which allows members of the Experimental Aircraft 
Association to continue to complete a training course in lieu of a 
pilot proficiency check.

GRANT, May 13, 1994, Exemption No. 4941C

    Docket No.: 26160.
    Petitioner: Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.319(c).
    Description of Relief Sought: To extend the termination date of 
Exemption No. 5210, which permits the Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology to operate five aircraft having experimental airworthiness 
certificates in a congested airway or over densely populated areas.

GRANT, May 19, 1994, Exemption No. 5210B

    Docket No.: 26515.
    Petitioner: ERA Helicopters.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 43.3(a) and 135.443(b)(3).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow ERA's helicopter 
flight crews to perform any daily checks, or checks occurring at 
intervals of 10 or fewer hours, as called out in the manufacturers' 
Service Bulletins or FAA Airworthiness Directives.

DENIAL, May 18, 1994, Exemption No. 5898

    Docket No.: 26636.
    Petitioner: Carson City Sheriff's Department.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.118.
    Description of Relief Sought: To extend the termination date of 
Exemption No. 5416, which would permit members of the Carson City 
Sheriff's Aero Squadron to be reimbursed for fuel, oil, and maintenance 
expenses while performing official duties invoking the use of member-
provided aircraft on authorized search and location missions for the 
Carson City Sheriff's Department.

PARTIAL GRANT, May 17, 1994, Exemption No. 5416A

    Docket No.: 26696.
    Petitioner: Ryan International Airlines, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.503(b) and 121.511(a).
    Description of Relief Sought: To extend the termination date of 
Exemption No. 5461, which permits Ryan's pilots and flight engineers to 
complete certain west coast to east coast transcontinental flight 
sequences with B-727 aircraft before being provided with at least 16 
hours of rest, provided crewmembers satisfy the requirements of 
Sec. 121.505(a) subject to conditions and limitations.

GRANT, May 17, 1994, Exemption No. 5461A

    Docket No.: 27434.
    Petitioner: General Electric Aircraft Engines.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 21.325(b)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow three export 
airworthiness approvals to be issued for Class I products (engines) at 
the Airbus Industries RIE facility in Toulouse, France.

GRANT, May 20, 1994, Exemption No. 5900

    Docket No.: 27589.
    Petitioner: ABX Air, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.305(j) and 121.343(c).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit ABX to operate 
11YS-11 aircraft after October 17, 1994, that are not equipped with a 
third gyroscopic bank-and-pitch indicator (third artificial horizon) 
and after May 26, 1994, that are not equipped with an approved flight 
recorder that utilizes a digital method to record 11 aircraft 
performance parameters.

DENIAL, May 17, 1994, Exemption No. 5897

    Docket No.: 27609.
    Petitioner: M. Shannon & Associates.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.9(a) and 91.531(a) (1) and 
(2).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit operators of Cessna 
Citation 500 models (for Serial Nos. 0001 through 0349 only) to be 
operated by one pilot without a second in command (SIC).

GRANT, May 18, 1994, Exemption No. 5899

    Docket No.: 27659.
    Petitioner: Mid Pacific Air Corporation.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.343(c).
    Description of Relief Sought: To allow Mid Pacific Air Corporation 
to continue operating until December 20, 1994, its YS-11 aircraft that 
may not be fitted by May 26, 1994, with digital flight data recorders 
capable of simultaneously recording at least 11 flight parameters.

DENIAL, April 29, 1994, Exemption No. 5889

    Docket No.: 27689.
    Petitioner: Roesch Aviation, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit RAI to operate 
without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed on its aircraft 
operating under the provisions of part 135.

GRANT, May 19, 1994, Exemption No. 5901

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