[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 33 (Wednesday, February 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7492-7494]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4064]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[Summary Notice No. PE-97-9]


Petitions for Exemption; Summary of Petitions Received; 
Dispositions of Petitions Issued

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

1ACTION: 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 
document number involved and must be received on or before March 11, 
1997.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to 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 with 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 12, 1997.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

Docket No.: 010NM
Petitioner: Boeing Commercial Airplane Group
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.809(f)
Description of Relief Sought: To provide an increased level of safety 
by permitting the use of an inertia reel for each of the seven crew-
member occupants in addition to an escape rope at the crew entry door 
of the 757-200PF airplanes. A separate inertia reel and harness will be 
provided for each of the seven crew-member occupants.

Docket No.: 137CE
Petitioner: Air Tractor, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 23.3
Description of Relief Sought: To permit the AT-10, a freight carrying 
aircraft, to exceed the 12,500 pound limitation for a normal category 
aircraft.

Docket No.: 28774
Petitioner: Mid-East Jet, Inc.

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Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.67(c)(2)(iii)(B)(4)(ii) and 
(d)(2)(i)(B), 61.68(d)(2)(ii)(C)(2) and (e)(2)(i)(B), and 61.158(d)(1)
Description of Relief Sought: To allow Mid East Jet, Inc. to use 
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)-approved Boeing Company (Boeing) 
simulators for 100 percent of its pilot training, testing, and checking 
while using Boeing's approved 14 CFR part 121 flight training program.

Dispositions of Petitions

Docket No.: 20583
Petitioner: Tenneco, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.57 (c)(3) and (d)(2), and 
61.58(e)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit pilots employed by 
Tenneco, Inc. to complete their entire 24-month pilot-in-command (PIC) 
check in an FAA-approved flight simulator.
Grant, January 28, 1997, Exemption No. 6572

Docket No.: 25052
Petitioner: Taquan Air Service, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.203(a)(1)
Description of Relief Sought Disposition: To permit Ketchikan Air 
Service, Inc., TEMSCO Helicopters, Inc./TEMSCO Airlines, Taquan Air 
Service, Inc., and Misty Fjords Air and Outfitting, conducting 
operations under part 135, to operate seaplanes inside the Ketchikan, 
Alaska, Class E airspace under Special Visual flight Rules (SVFR) below 
500 feet above the surface.
Grant, January 24, 1997, Exemption No. 4760E

Docket No.: 25731
Petitioner: Experimental Aircraft Association
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 45.25 and 45.29
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow members of the 
Experimental Aircraft Association and members of the Confederate Air 
Force to operate their historic military aircraft with 2-inch high 
nationality and registration marks located beneath the aircraft's 
horizontal stabilizer.
Grant, December 11, 1996, Exemption No. 5019D

Docket No.: 26340
Petitioner: Delta Air Lines, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.433(c)(1)(iii), 121.440(a), 
and 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 Delta Air Lines, 
Inc. to combine recurrent flight and ground training and proficiency 
checks for its crewmembers in a single annual training and proficiency 
evaluation session, and to meet the line check requirements through an 
alternative line check program.
Grant, January 27, 1997, Exemption No. 5271E

Docket No.: 26559
Petitioner: Helicopter Association International
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 43.3(a)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit properly trained 
pilots employed by member operators of Helicopter Association 
International and the Association of Air Medical Services to remove and 
reinstall liquid oxygen containers in their aircraft after receiving 
appropriate training by a properly certified airframe mechanic.
Grant, December 26, 1996, Exemption No. 6002A

Docket No.: 26732
Petitioner: Air Transport Association of America
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.652 (a) and (c)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow Air Transport 
Association of America (ATA)--member airlines and other similarly 
situated part 121 operators to permit a pilot-in-command (PIC) 
conducting operations under part 121 to perform an instrument approach 
procedure to the weather minima prescribed by this exemption during the 
first 100 hours of service as a PIC, in the type airplane he or she is 
operating, using an alternative means approved by the Administrator to 
satisfy the requirements.
Grant, January 27, 1997, Exemption No. 5549C

Docket No.: 27852
Petitioner: Higher Power Aviation, 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 permit the petitioner to 
use Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)--approved simulators to meet 
certain flight experience requirements.
Grant, January 29, 1997, Exemption No. 5986A

Docket No.: 27867
Petitioner: Department of the Navy
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.209 (a) and (b)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the Navy, 
specifically the United States Marine Corps, to conduct helicopter 
night-vision flight device training operations without lighted aircraft 
position lights.
Grant, January 24, 1997, Exemption No. 5978B

Docket No.: 27933
Petitioner: Emery Worldwide Airlines
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.433(c)(1)(iii), 121.441 (a)(1) 
and (b)(1), and appendix F to part 121
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow the petitioner to 
combine recurrent flight and ground training and proficiency checks for 
its flight crewmembers in a single annual training and proficiency 
evaluation program.
Grant, January 31, 1997, Exemption No. 6000A

Docket No.: 28599
Petitioner: James C. Fisher
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.383(c)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow the petitioner to 
act as pilot in command under 14 CFR part 121 after his 60th birthday.
Denial, January 27, 1997, Exemption No. 6574

Docket No.: 28723
Petitioner: Ryan International Airlines, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.203 (a) and (b)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner to 
operate temporarily its U.S.-registered aircraft following the 
incidental loss or mutilation of that aircraft's airworthiness 
certificate or registration certificate, or both.
Grant, January 24, 1997, Exemption No. 6571

Docket No.: 28749
Petitioner: GTA Air, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow the petitioner to 
operate aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder 
installed.
Grant, January 27, 1997, Exemption No. 6573

Docket No.: 27885
Petitioner: Trans World Airlines, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.433(c)(1)(iii), 121.441 (a)(1) 
and (b)(1), and appendix F to part 14 CFR part 121
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow the petitioner to 
combine recurrent flight and ground training and proficiency checks for 
its

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flight crewmembers in a single annual training and proficiency 
evaluation program.
Grant, January 31, 1997, Exemption No. 6012A

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