[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 250 (Friday, December 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 68326]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-33001]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration


Draft Parts 27 and 29 Advisory Circular Information; Meeting

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The FAA is announcing a public meeting to discuss proposed 
updates of advisory circulars (ACs) 27-1, Certification of Normal 
Category Rotorcraft, and 29-2A, Certification of Transport Category 
Rotorcraft and a draft appendix to ACs 27-1 and 29-2A addressing 
rotorcraft emergency flotation systems.

DATES: The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. PST on February 5, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Anaheim Hilton and Towers, 
Huntington Theatre Room, 888 Convention Way, Anaheim, California 92802, 
telephone (714) 750-4321 (Headquarters hotel for the Helicopter 
Association International (HAI) convention.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathy Jones, Rotorcraft Standards 
Staff, FAA, Rotorcraft Directorate, Fort Worth, Texas 76193-0110, 
telephone (817) 222-5359 or fax (817) 222-5961.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The public meeting will address a draft 
appendix to ACs 27-1 and 29-2A pertaining to emergency flotation 
systems used on rotorcraft not specifically certificated for ditching 
but used for operations over-water. This material, when finalized, will 
become an appendix to ACs 27-1 and 29-2A. The public meeting will also 
address the recently proposed updates to ACs 27-1 and 29-2A, and the 
public comments received as a result of the FAA's request for comments 
published in the Federal Register on September 11, 1996 (61 FR 48000).

Meeting Procedures

    The meeting is being chaired by the Rotorcraft Directorate. 
Participants will also include FAA representatives from Flight 
Standards and Legal Counsel; JAA representatives from engineering and 
operations; and industry groups from the U.S. and Europe.
    The following procedures will be used to conduct the meeting:
    1. Registration will be from 8-9 a.m. PST on February 5, 1997. 
There will be no registration fee. Preregistration is recommended and 
may be accomplished by contacting the person listed under the caption 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
    2. The meeting will be recorded by a court reporter, and 
transcripts will be available for purchase directly from the court 
reporter.
    3. Statements by the FAA will be made to facilitate discussion and 
should not be taken as expressing a final FAA position.
    4. The FAA will consider all material presented at the meeting by 
participants. Handouts will be accepted at the discretion of the 
chairperson; however, enough copies should be provided for distribution 
to all participants.

    Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on December 16, 1996.
Eric Bries,
Acting Manager, Rotorcraft Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service.
[FR Doc. 96-33001 Filed 12-26-96; 8:45 am]
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