[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 55 (Friday, March 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13730-13731]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-7227]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE-97-17]


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 April 10, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on any petition in triplicate to: Federal 
Aviation Administration, Office of the Chief Counsel, Attn: Rule Docket 
(AGC-

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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:
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 March 17, 1997.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

    Docket No.: 28775.
    Petitioner: American Flyers, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 141 Appendix C, paragraph 3 
(c) and (d).
    Description of Relief Sought: To allow the petitioner to provide an 
applicant for the instrument rating with instruction in instrument 
approaches using two different nonprecision approach systems and one 
precision approach system, rather than exclusively using very high 
frequency omnidirectional range (VOR), automatic direction finder 
(ADF), and instrument landing system (ILS) approaches.

    Docket No.: 28776.
    Petitioner: Dwight E. Reber.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 21.25(a)(2), 21.29(a), and 
21.185(c).
    Description of Relief Sought: To allow the petitioner to be 
entitled to a restricted category type certificate and airworthiness 
certificate for his Kamov Ka-26 Hoodlum light twin-engine helicopter.

    Docket No.: 28801.
    Petitioner: North American Powered Parachute Association.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.3(a) and 61.31 (c) and 
(d)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit the petitioner a means to 
establish training and pilot certification requirements for powered 
parachutes and would permit persons to operate and provide training in 
a FAA-certified powered parachute without a pilot certificate or rating 
for that aircraft. Additionally, it would provide the petitioner a 
means to authorize persons to operate certificated powered parachutes 
while FAA final rulemaking action that will establish powered parachute 
pilot certification and training requirements is being completed.

    Docket No.: 28834.
    Petitioner: LifePort, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.562 and 25.785(b).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit certification of the 
petitioner's medical stretchers for transport of persons whose medical 
condition dictates such accommodations on the Cessna Model 750 
(Citation X).

[FR Doc. 97-7227 Filed 3-20-97; 8:45 am]
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