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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
[Summary Notice NO. PE-94-29]

 

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 September 2, 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 10591.
    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. D. Michael Smith, Office of Rulemaking (ARM-1), Federal Aviation 
Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591; 
telephone (202) 267-7470.
    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 August 10, 1994.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

    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: To amend Exemption No. 5209, as 
amended, which permits Popular Rotorcraft Association and its number 
flight instructors to conduct pilot and flight instructor training in 
an experimental gyroplane for compensation or hire. The amendment, if 
granted, would extend the exemption to include Certified Flight 
Instructor Certificates and Commercial Certificates and check rides for 
these certificates.

    Docket No.: 27346.
    Petitioner: Fairchild Aircraft.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.531(a)(3).
    Description of Relief Sought: To amend Exemption No. 5367, which 
allows Fairchild Aircraft's type rated company pilots to conduct 
production and experimental test flights in the SA227-CC and SA227-DC 
airplanes without a second in command. It also permits all operators of 
Fairchild Aircraft commuter category airplanes (SA227-CC, SA227-DC, and 
other airplanes on the same type certificate) to conduct flight 
operations without a designated second-in-command pilot, provided the 
airplane is type certificated for single-pilot operations and the 
airplane is carrying 9 or fewer passengers. The amendment, if granted, 
would recognize the current version of the petitioner's Flight 
Operations Procedures Manual, dated February 14, 1992, and would remove 
the restriction in condition 4d of the exemption, which limits 
passenger carriage to Fairchild Aircraft employees.

    Docket No.: 27396.
    Petitioner: Northwest Airlines, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.440.
    Description of Relief Sought: To amend Exemption No. 5815, which 
allows Northwest Airlines, Inc., (NWA) to combine recurrent flight and 
ground training and proficiency checks for its pilots-in-command, 
seconds-in-command, and flight engineers in a single annual training 
and proficiency session. The amendment, if granted, would permit NWA to 
meet the line-check requirements of Sec. 121.440 through an alternative 
line-check program.

    Docket No.: 27832.
    Petitioner: Mr. John L. Geitz.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.109(a) and (b)(3).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit Mr. Geitz to conduct 
recurrent flight training in Beech Bonanza, Baron, and Travel Air type 
aircraft as well as recurrent flight training in simulated instrument 
conditions in Beech Baron and Travel Air type aircraft, when these 
aircraft are equipped with a functioning throwover control wheel.

    Docket No.: 27845.
    Petitioner: Learjet, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.571(e)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit Learjet to demonstrate that 
the Learjet Model 45 airplane is capable of successfully completing a 
flight during which likely structural damage occurs as a result of 
impact with a 4-pound bird at which ever true airspeed is greater: Vc 
at sea level, or .85 Vc at 8000 feet.

Dispositions of Petitions

    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 amend Exemption No. 
5778, which permits the National Test Pilot School (NTPS) to operate 
aircraft having an experimental certificate to train flight test 
students through the demonstration and the practice of flight test 
techniques, and teach students flight test data acquisition methods for 
compensation. The petition seeks to amend condition Nos. 3, 6, and 9 of 
the current exemption.

Grant, August 2, 1994, Exemption No. 5778A

Dispositions of Petitions

    Docket No.: 27224.
    Petitioner: Victor Aviation Corporation.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.225
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow Victor Aviation 
Corporation to initiate instrument approaches into airports that do not 
have weather reporting facility operated by the U.S. National Weather 
Service (USNWS), a source approved by the USNWS, or a source approved 
by the Administrator.

Denial, August 2, 1994, Exemption No. 5944

    Docket No.: 27267.
    Petitioner: AMR Combs, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.303; 135.337(a)(2) and(3); 
and 135.339(c).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit specifically 
approved check airmen to conduct the flight checks required by 
Secs. 135.293(a)(1) and 135.299 without requiring these airmen to 
complete the appropriate training for the aircraft or the appropriate 
proficiency or competency checks require to serve as a pilot-in-command 
(PIC) in operations under part 135..

Denial, August 2, 1994, Exemption No. 5945

Dispositions of Petitions

    Docket No.: 27801.
    Petitioner: Mr. Steven G. Albert.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 63.37.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow Mr. Albert to 
receive a turboprop class rating on his Federal Aviation (FAA-issued 
flight engineer certificate without being required to pass a practical 
test administered by the FAA or an FAA-designated examiner, based on 
his successful completion of U.S. Air Force flight engineer training 
and the FAA-administration written test; your designation from the Air 
Force as a functional flight engineer; and your fulfillment of the 
aeronautical experience requirements of Sec. 63.37.

Denial, August 8, 1994, Exemption No. 5946

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