[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 194 (Friday, October 4, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52083-52085]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-25543]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[Summary Notice No. PE-96-48]


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 October 24, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Send comment 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].
    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.,

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Washington, D.C. 20591; telephone (202) 267-3132.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred Haynes (202) 267-3939 or Marisa 
Mullen (202) 267-9681 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 October 1, 1996.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions For Exemption

    Docket No.: 132CE.
    Petitioner: Raytheon Aircraft Company.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 23.25, 23.29, 23.235, 23.471, 
23.473, 23.477, 23.479. 23.481, 23.483, 23.485, 23.493, 23.499, 23.723, 
23.725, 23.726, 23.727, 23.959, 23.1583(c)(1)(2), Appendix C23, and 
Appendix D23.1.
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit modification of the 
petitioner's Model 390 landing gear loads and associated airframe 
loads.

    Docket No.: 28399.
    Petitioner: Ameriflight, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 21.197(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought: For the FAA to reconsider a 
previously issued Denial of Petition for exemption to allow the 
issuance of a special flight permit with continuing authorization to 
the petitioner for aircraft that are operated and maintained in 
accordance with 14 CFR Sec. 135.411(a)(1) and Sec. 135.419 ``Approved 
Aircraft Inspection Program.''

Dispositions of Petitions

    Docket No.: 17145.
    Petitioner: United Airlines.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.655 and 121.697 (a) and 
(b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
to use computerized load manifests that bear the name and position of 
the person responsible for loading the aircraft, instead of that 
person's signature. Grant, August 26, 1996, Exemption No. 2466J.

    Docket No.: 26245.
    Petitioner: Airline Crew Training Corporation.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.55(b)(3); 61.56(h) (1), 
(2), and (4); 61.57(c)(3) and (d)(2); 61.58(e); 61.64(e)(3); 
61.65(e)(2), and (g) (1) and (3); 61.67(c)(4) and (d)(2); 61.158(d)(1); 
61.191(d); and 61.197(e).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
to continue to use FAA-approved simulators to meet certain flight 
experience requirements of part 61. Grant, August 16, 1996, Exemption 
No. 5183D.

    Docket No.: 26542.
    Petitioner: Sky Shows, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 105.43(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow Sky Shows' 
employees, representatives, and other volunteer experimental parachute 
test jumpers under its direction and control to make tandem parachute 
jumps for the purpose of meeting Technical Standard Order (TSO)-C23 
certification requirements for live tests of its dual-harness, dual-
parachute pack. Additionally, this exemption permits pilots in command 
of aircraft used to make these parachute jumps to allow such persons to 
make jumps wearing a dual-harness, dual-parachute pack. Grant, August 
30, 1996, Exemption No. 5491B.

    Docket No.: 26630.
    Petitioner: Erickson Air-Crane Company.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 133.19(a)(3) and 133.51.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow the petitioner 
to conduct certain rotorcraft external-load operations in the United 
States using a Canadian-registered helicopter. Grant, August 26, 1996, 
Exemption No. 5959A.

    Docket No.: 26819.
    Petitioner: Vector Air Services.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.55(b)(3); 61.56(h) (1), 
(2), and (3); 61.57 (c)(3) and (d)(2); 61.58 (e); 61.64(e)(3); 
61.65(e)(2), and (g) (1) and (3); 61.67 (c)(4) and (d)(2); 
61.158(d)(1); 61.191(d); and 61.197(e).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
to use FAA-approved simulators to meet certain flight experience 
requirements of part 61. Grant, August 30, 1996, Exemption No. 5493B.

    Docket No.: 26869.
    Petitioner: Practical Flight Systems, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.55(b)(3); 61.56(h) (1), 
(2), and (3); 61.57 (c)(3) and (d)(2); 61.58(e); 61.64(e)(3); 61.65 
(e)(2), and (g)(1) and (3); 61.67 (c)(4) and (d)(2); 61.158(d)(1); 
61.191(d); and 61.197(e).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow the petitioner 
to use FAA-approved simulators to meet certain flight experience 
requirements of part 61. Grant, August 30, 1996, Exemption No. 5497B.

    Docket No.: 26897.
    Petitioner: Northwest Aerospace Training Corporation.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.55(b)(3); 61.56(h) (1), 
(2), and (3); 61.57 (c)(3) and (d)(2); 61.58(e); 61.64(e)(3); 61.65 
(e)(2), and (g)(1) and (3); 61.67 (c)(4) and (d)(2); 61.158(d)(1); 
61.191(d); and 61.197(e).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow the petitioner 
to use FAA-approved simulators to meet certain flight experience 
requirements of part 61. Grant, August 30, 1996, Exemption No. 5338C.

    Docket No.: 27007.
    Petitioner: Air Transport Association of America (ATA).
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.311(b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit ATA-member 
airlines and other similarly situated part 121 operators to permit 
those qualified flight attendants not required by Sec. 121.391(c) to 
perform duties related to the safety of the airplane and its occupants 
during aircraft movement on the surface. Grant, August 26, 1996, 
Exemption No. 5533B.

    Docket No.: 27207.
    Petitioner: Universal West Indies, S.A.R.L. Trading Company.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.9(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow Universal West 
Indies to operate its own DC-6A cargo airplane (Registration No. 
N4163Q, Serial No. 43681) at increased zero fuel weights and landing 
weights. Denial, August 26, 1996, Exemption No. 6499.

    Docket No.: 27712.
    Petitioner: American Airlines Flight Academy.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.57(e); 121.401(c), 
121.433(c)(1)(iii), 121.440(a), 121.441 (a)(1) and (b)(1), Appendix F 
to part 121, and Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR) No. 58, 
paragraph 6(b)(3)(ii)(A).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow American 
Airlines Flight Academy to: (1) Combine recurrent flight and ground 
training and proficiency checks for American's flight crewmembers in a 
single annual training and proficiency evaluation program, and (2) meet 
the line-check requirements of Sec. 121.440(a) and SFAR No. 58 through 
an alternative line-check program. Grant, August 26, 1996, Exemption 
No. 5950A.

    Docket No.: 28211.
    Petitioner: Milton J. Songy.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.383(c).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
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act as a pilot in operations conducted under part 121 after his 60th 
birthday. Denial, August 30, 1996, Exemption No. 6502.

    Docket No.: 28465.
    Petitioner: Comair Aviation Academy, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 141.15.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow Comair to 
operate an FAA-approved part 141 satellite base in Taipei, Taiwan, 
offering interested U.S. citizens and others in Taiwan the opportunity 
to attend an FAA-approved part 141 private pilot ground training 
course. Denial, August 30, 1996, Exemption No. 6444.

    Docket No.: 28486.
    Petitioner: Zero-Gravity Corporation.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.303 and 91.307(c).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow Zero-Gravity to 
conduct: (1) parabolic flights without meeting the limitations on 
aerobatic flights specified in Sec. 91.303, and (2) certain flight 
maneuvers that exceed the limitations specified in Sec. 91.307(c), 
without requiring aircraft occupants to wear an approved parachute. 
Denial, August 29, 1996, Exemption No. 6501.

    Docket No.: 28543.
    Petitioner: Bombardier Inc., Canadair.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.562.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To relieve the petitioner 
of the requirement to show compliance with the provisions of 
Sec. 25.562 which require that each seat approved for crew or passenger 
occupancy during takeoff and landing must be designed to withstand 
dynamic test conditions and the requirement to perform dynamic tests on 
the seat and restraint system for all aircraft having Amendment 25-64 
as their certification basis. Denial, September 9, 1996, Exemption No. 
6506.

    Docket No.: 28580.
    Petitioner: Alfred Flores, Ronald Miller, and Robert Mora.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 65.71(a)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow these 
individuals, who are hearing impaired, to be eligible for a mechanic 
certificate with associated ratings, specifically airframe and 
powerplant (A&P) ratings. Grant, August 30, 1996, Exemption No. 6503.

    Docket No.: 28606.
    Petitioner: Petroleum Helicopters, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.167(b)(3) (xvi), (xviii), 
and (xix).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
to conduct helicopter extended overwater operations in the Gulf of 
Mexico without carrying certain emergency equipment in the life raft in 
the helicopter. Denial, August 26, 1996, Exemption No. 6500.

[FR Doc. 96-25543 Filed 10-3-96; 8:45 am]
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