[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 206 (Wednesday, October 25, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54756-54758]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-26492]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE-95-37]


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 

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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 November 14, 1995.

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.
    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, 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 October 19, 1995.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

Docket No.: 009SW
Petitioner: Kaman Aerospace Corporation
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 27.1(a)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow Kaman Aerospace 
Corporation to increase the maximum gross weight of the K-1200 from 
6,000 pounds to 6,500 pounds, while maintaining the original normal 
category rotorcraft certification.

Docket No.: 28336
Petitioner: Challenge Air Cargo, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.503(b)
Description of Relief Sought: To permit Challenge Air Cargo, Inc., 
pilots to fly up to 9 hours and 15 minutes in any 24 consecutive hours, 
before being provided with an intervening rest period. In lieu of an 
extension of flight time, the petitioner proposes a reduction of its 
pilots' duty time from 16 hours, as allowed under Sec. 121.505(b), to a 
maximum of 15 hours.

Dispositions of Petitions

Docket No.: 12656
Petitioner: DOD Policy Board on Federal Aviation
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR part 139
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend Exemption No. 5750, 
which permits the issuance of FAA Airport Operating Certificates, to 
the extent necessary, for DOD airports equipped and operated in 
accordance with applicable DOD standards and procedures and that serve, 
or expect to serve, air carrier aircraft having a seating capacity of 
more than 30 passenger seats, without those airports complying with the 
certification and operating requirements of part 139.
Grant, September 29, 1995, Exemption No. 5750A

Docket No.: 19634
Petitioner: McDonnell Douglas, Douglas Aircraft Company
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.310(d)(4)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend Exemption No. 3055, 
as amended, which permits McDonnell Douglas Model DC-8 series aircraft 
to operate these aircraft in passenger-carrying operations without a 
cockpit control device for each emergency light, subject to certain 
conditions. While the extension has been granted, the requested 
permanent exemption has not been.
Grant, September 1, 1995, Exemption No. 3055H

Docket No.: 24671
Petitioner: Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 21.231(a)(3)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend Exemption No. 5257, 
as amended, which permits Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., to apply for a 
delegation option authorization for the type, production, and 
airworthiness certification of transport category helicopters.
Grant, September 8, 1995, Exemption No. 5257B

Docket No.: 25559
Petitioner: Aerospace Industries Association of America, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 21.182(a) and 45.11(a)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend Exemption No. 4913, 
as amended, which provides relief to manufacturers from the requirement 
to install the identification plate specified in the rule during the 
production phase of the exterior of any aircraft manufactured for 
operations under parts 121, 127, or for commuter air carrier operations 
(as defined in part 135 or SFAR 38-2). These aircraft will be 
maintained under an FAA-approved continuous airworthiness maintenance 
program. The exemption also applies to aircraft manufactured for export 
and to all manufacturing activities until the aircraft title is 
transferred. While this exemption has been granted, it has not been 
done so indefinitely as requested by the petitioner.
Grant, September 8, 1995, Exemption No. 4913D

Docket No.: 25624
Petitioner: Douglas Aircraft Company
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.411(a) (2), (3), and (b)(2); 
121.413(b), (c), and (d); and appendix H, part 121
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend an amendment of 
Exemption No. 5117, as amended, which permits certain part 121 
certificate holders to contract for training by the Douglas Aircraft 
Company. The amendment reflects changing the petitioner's name from the 
``McDonnell Douglas Airplane Company'' to the ``Douglas Aircraft 
Company.''
Grant, September 25, 1995, Exemption No. 5117C

Docket No.: 26523
Petitioner: Lone Star Flight Museum
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 45.25 and 45.29
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend Exemption No. 5344, 
as amended, which permits the Lone Star Flight Museum and its members 
to operate their historic military aircraft with 2-inch registration 
marks located beneath the horizontal stabilizer.
Grant, September 29, 1995, Exemption No. 5344B

Docket No.: 26831
Petitioner: Trans States Airlines, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.219, 135.221, and 135.223
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Trans States 
Airlines, Inc., to dispatch or release its part 135 aircraft to a 
destination or list an airport as an alternate airport even though the 
weather reports or forecasts contain such conditional words as ``a 
chance of'' or ``occasionally.''
Partial Grant, October 3, 1995, Exemption No. 6174

Docket No.: 27536
Petitioner: Western Flyers Air Service
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)

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Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend Exemption No. 5828, 
which permits Western Flyers Air Service (WFAS) to operate the 
following aircraft under part 135: (1) its Beechcraft Baron, Serial No. 
TE-63, registration No. N520T, equipped with any TSP-C74b or TSO-C74c 
transponder; and (2) after notifying WFAS's Principal Operations 
inspector, an additional aircraft that require the installation of an 
air traffic control transponder.
Grant, September 28, 1995, Exemption No. 5828A

Docket No.: 27948
Petitioner: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.57(d)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit pilots in command 
(PIC) employed by DuPont who have more than 4,000 hours of flight 
experience to maintain night takeoff and landing recency requirements 
through a combination of flight simulator training and actual aircraft 
landings over longer than normal intervals, subject to certain 
restrictions.
Partial Grant, October 3, 1995, Exemption No. 6185

Docket No.: 28053
Petitioner: Federal Express Corporation
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.401(c), 121.433(c)(1)(iii), 
121.440(a), 121.441(a)(1) and (b)(1), and appendix F, part 121
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Federal Express 
regulatory relief to the extent necessary to conduct a single visit 
training program (SVTP) for flight crewmembers, and eventually 
transition into the Advance Qualification Program (AQP) codified in 
SFAR 58.
Grant, September 1, 1995, Exemption No. 6152

Docket No.: 28257
Petitioner: Flight Structures, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.785(d), 25.813(b), 25.857(e), 
and 25.1446(c)(1) and (c)(3)(ii)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow the carriage of up 
to five supernumeraries on the main deck of an Airbus Model A300-B4-203 
airplane in addition to a maximum of three flight deck occupants, for a 
total occupancy.
Grant, October 5, 1995, Exemption No. 6178

Docket No.: 28258
Petitioner: Atlantic Coast Airlines
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.57(e), 121.433(c)(1)(iii), 
121.441(a)(1) and (b)(1), and appendix F, part 121
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend Exemption No. 5783, 
which permits Atlantic Coast Airlines (ACA) to conduct an FAA-monitored 
training program under which ACA pilots-in-command (PIC) and seconds-
in-command (SIC) meet ground and flight recurrent training and 
proficiency check requirements through a single visit training program 
(SVTP), subject to certain conditions and limitations.
Grant, September 28, 1995, Exemption No. 5783A

Docket No.: 28271
Petitioner: Keys Air, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.181(a)(1)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Keys Air, Inc., to 
operate its Cessna models C-208 and C-208B single-engine aircraft in 
over-the-top or instrument flight rules (IFR) conditions while 
conducting passenger flights under part 135.
Denial, September 11, 1995, Exemption No. 6159

Docket No.: 28291
Petitioner: Airline Crew Training, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.411 (a)(2) and (3) and (b)(2); 
121.413(b), (c), and (d); and appendix H, part 121
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow Airline Crew 
Training, Inc., (ACT) without holding an air carrier operating 
certificate, to train a certificate holder's pilots and flight 
engineers (FE) in initial, transition, upgrade, differences, and 
recurrent training in approved simulators and in airplanes, without 
requiring ACT's instructor pilots to meet all the applicable training 
requirements of subpart N of part 121 and the employment requirements 
of appendix H to part 121.
Grant, September 20, 1995, Exemption No. 6165

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