[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 12, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6602-6603]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-3410]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[Summary Notice No. PE-97-7]


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 March 4, 1997.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred Haynes (202) 267-3939 or Angela 
Anderson (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 February 6, 1997.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Disposition of Petitions

    Docket No.: 25245.
    Petitioner: Department of the Air Force.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.215(b).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit the Department of the Air 
Force to conduct certain military training flight operations in 
designated airspace above 10,000 feet above mean sea level (MSL) 
without being required to operate the aircraft transponders. Grant, 
December 31, 1996, Exemption No. 4633F.

    Docket No.: 27396.
    Petitioner: Northwest Airlines, Inc.
    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), Appendix F 
to part 121, and Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR) No. 58, 
paragraph 6(b)(3)(ii)(A).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit the petitioner to combine 
recurrent flight and ground training and proficiency checks for NWA's 
flight crewmembers in a single annual training and proficiency 
evaluation program and meet the line check requirements of 
Sec. 121.440(a) and SFAR No. 58 through an FAA approved alternative 
line check program. Grant, December 26, 1996, Exemption No. 5815B.

    Docket No.: 28097.
    Petitioner: Columbia Helicopters, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 133.19(a)(3) and 133.51.
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit the petitioner to conduct 
external-load operations in the United States using Canadian-registered 
rotorcraft. Grant, December 30, 1996, Exemption No. 6045A.

    Docket No.: 28397.
    Petitioner: Tulsa Technology Center.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 65.17(a), 65.19(b), 65.75 (a) 
and (b).
    Description of Relief Sought:
    To permit Tulsa Technology Center to: 1. Administer the FAA oral 
and practical tests to students at times and places identified in TTC's 
Operations Handbook.
    2. Conduct oral and practical mechanic tests as an integral part of 
the education process rather than conducting the tests upon students' 
successful completion of the mechanic written tests;
    3. Approve students for retesting within 30 days after failure 
without requiring a signed statement certifying that additional 
instruction has been given in the failed area; and
    4. Administer the AMG written test to students immediately 
following successful completion of the general curriculum, prior to 
meeting the experience requirements of Sec. 65.77. Grant, January 10, 
1997, Exemption No. 6569.

    Docket No.: 28677.
    Petitioner: Bulldog Airlines, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 133.43 (a) and (b).
    Description of Relief Sought: To allow the petitioner to use its 
helicopters to perform external load operations for the purpose of 
conducting human aerial performances, without using an approved 
external-load-attaching means or an approved quick-release device. 
Grant, December 26, 1996, Exemption No. 6563.

    Docket No.: 28706
    Petitioner: National Warplane Museum.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.315.
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit the petitioner to carry 
passengers on local flights for compensation or hire in its limited 
category Boeing B-17 aircraft (B-17) in support of the petitioner's 
fundraising efforts. Grant, December 27, 1996, Exemption No. 6565.

    Docket No.: 28709.
    Petitioner: William L. Hale.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.109 (a) and (b)(3).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit the petitioner to conduct 
certain flight instruction and simulated instrument flights to meet 
recent instrument experience requirements in certain Beechcraft 
airplanes equipped with a functioning throwover control wheel in place 
of functioning dual controls. Grant, December 27, 1996, Exemption No. 
6564.

    Docket No.: 28711.
    Petitioner: Trans World Airlines, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.434(c)(1)(ii).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit Trans World Airlines, Inc., 
to substitute a qualified and authorized check airman for an FAA 
inspector to observe a qualifying pilot in command (PIC) while that PIC 
is performing prescribed duties during at least one flight leg that 
includes a takeoff and a

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landing when completing initial or upgrade training. Grant, December 
26, 1996, Exemption No. 6562.

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