[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 127 (Wednesday, July 2, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35877-35879]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-17304]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE-97-36]


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

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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 July 22, 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:
Heather Thorson (202) 267-7470 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 June 26, 1997.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

Docket No.: 28824
Petitioner: Timco
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.807(c)(1) and 25.857(e)
Description of Relief Sought: To permit the accommodation of up to four 
supernumeraries in the flight deck compartment of the TIMCO-modified 
767-200F airplane.

Dispositions of Petitions

Docket No.: 28878
Petitioner: A Skydive Las Vegas, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 105.43(a)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit nonstudent 
parachutists who are foreign nationals to make intentional parachute 
jumps for the purpose of training and recreational activities at ASLV's 
facilities without complying with the parachute equipment and packing 
requirements of the Federal Aviation Regulations.

Grant, June 4, 1997, Exemption No. 6643

Docket No.: 28885
Petitioner: Freefall Adventures, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 105.43(a)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit nonstudent 
parachutists who are foreign nationals to participate in FAI-sponsored 
events without complying with the parachute equipment and packing 
requirements of the Federal Aviation Regulations.

Grant, June 4, 1997, Exemption No. 6642

Docket No.: 28868
Petitioner: Skydive Space Center, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 105.43(a)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit nonstudent 
parachutists who are foreign nationals to make intentional parachute 
jumps for the purpose of training and recreational activities at SSC's 
facilities without complying with the parachute equipment and packing 
requirements of the Federal Aviation Regulations.

Grant, June 4, 1997, Exemption No. 6644

Docket No.: 26095.
Petitioner: Cochise Community College.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 141.65.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner to 
recommend graduates of its approved flight instructor airplane single-
engine course for flight instructor certificates with an airplane 
single-engine rating without those graduates taking the FAA practical 
test.

Grant, June 16, 1997, Exemption No. 6629A

Docket No.: 27429.
Petitioner: Community College of the Air Force.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 147.31(c)(2)(iii).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner to 
allow U.S. Air Force aviation maintenance technicians who have 
completed military aviation maintenance training courses to be 
evaluated using the same criteria that is used for the civilian sector.

Grant, June 13, 1997, Exemption No. 6094A

Docket No.: 27860.
Petitioner: Skydive Hawaii.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 105.43(a).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit nonstudent 
parachutists who are foreign nationals to participate in SAH-sponsored 
parachute jumping events without complying with the parachute packing 
and equipment requirements of the Federal Aviation Regulations.

Grant, June 13, 1997, Exemption No. 6125A

Docket No.: 23869.
Petitioner: Relative Workshop, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 105.43(a).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Mr. Ramsey Kent, a 
15-year-old minor, to participate in a one-time dual-harness, dual-pack 
parachute jump in accordance with the privileges of Exemption No. 4943, 
as amended.

Grant, June 19, 1997, Exemption No. 4943H

Docket No.: 21882.
Petitioner: China airlines, Ltd.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.77 (a) and (b), and 63.23 (a) 
and (b).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit CAL airmen who 
operate two U.S.-registered Boeing 747-SP aircraft (Registration Nos. 
N4508H and N4522V) and two U.S.-registered Airbus 300-600R aircraft 
(Registration Nos. N88881 and N88887) to be eligible for special 
purpose airman certificates. This amendment adds a third U.S.-
registered Airbus 300-600R aircraft (Registration No. N8888B) to the 
list of aircraft that may be operated under Exemption No. 4849, as 
amended.

Grant, June 16, 1997, Exemption No. 4849F

Docket No.: 27491
Petitioner: Helicopter Association International and Association of Air 
Medical Services
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.213(a)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit part 135 
certificate holders that conduct helicopter emergency medical service 
(EMS) operations and are members of both the HAI and AAMS to conduct

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EMS departures under instrument flight rules in weather that is at or 
above visual flight rules minimums. Such operations are permitted from 
airports or heliports at which a weather report is not available from 
the U.S. National Weather Service (NWS), a source approved by the NWS, 
or a source approved by the Administrator.

Grant, June 17, 1997, Exemption No. 6175A

Docket No.: 25628.
Petitioner: Moody Aviation.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR part 141, appendix A, paragraph 
3(c)(9).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: sdTo permit the petitioner to 
graduate a student from a private pilot certification course approved 
under part 141 without the student meeting the night flying 
requirements of appendix A.

Grant, June 16, 1997, Exemption No. 6646

Docket No.: 28917.
Petitioner: Ari Ben Aviator.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.187(b).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit ABA to use CFIs in 
its flight instructor certification course who have held a flight 
instructor certificate for less than 24 months preceding the date the 
instruction is given.

Grant, June 16, 1997, Exemption No. 6647

Docket No.: 28823.
Petitioner: Cape Smythe Air Service, Inc. and Mr. Willis M. Fisher.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 119.71(a).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To remove the requirement 
that Mr. Fisher obtain a dispatcher certificate and by adding the 
requirement that Mr. Fisher pass the ATP written test that is 
applicable to part 135 operations.

Grant, June 20, 1997, Exemption No. 6594A

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