[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 158 (Friday, August 15, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 43769]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21726]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE-97-42]


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 Ch. 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 September 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, 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, 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 II of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR 
part 11).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on August 11, 1997.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

    Docket No.: 28952.
    Petitioner: Minebea Technologies PTE Ltd.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 119.5(h).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit Minebea Technologies PIT 
Ltd., the holder of a 14 CFR part 125 operating certificate authorizing 
noncommon or private carriage to and from the United States, to operate 
its McDonnell Douglas DC-10 aircraft outside the United States under a 
cargo wet lease agreement with Thai Airways.

    Docket No.: 26490.
    Petitioner: Delta Air Lines, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.310(m).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit Delta Air Lines to operate 
certain Lockheed L-1011-385-3 aircraft that have more than a 60-foot 
distance between emergency exits.

    Docket No.: 28974.
    Petitioner: The Ask First Society.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.319(a) (1) and (2).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit The Ask First Society to 
conduct pilot and flight instructor training in experimental gyroplanes 
for compensation or hire.

Dispositions of Petitions

    Docket No.: 26302.
    Petitioner: FlightSafety International.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.293; 135.297; 135.299; 
135.377 (a) (2) and (3), and (b)(2); 135.339 (a)(2), (b), and (c); and 
appendix H to part 121.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit FlightSafety 
International (FSI) to use its qualified instructor pilots or pilot 
check airmen in approved simulators to train and check the pilot of 
part 135 certificate holders that contract with FSI for training. 
Grant, 7/29/97, Exemption No. 5241G.

    Docket No.: 26067.
    Petitioner: SimuFlite Training International.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.293; 135.297; 135.299; 
135.337 (a) (2) and (3), and (b)(2); 135.339 (a) (2), (b), and (c); and 
appendix H to part 121.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit SimuFlite to 
use its qualified instructor pilots or pilot check airmen in approved 
simulators to train and check pilots of part 135 certificate holders 
that contract with SimuFlite for training. Grant, 7/29/97, Exemption 
No. 5187E.

    Docket No.: 28846.
    Petitioner: SouthCentral Air.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.359(g).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit SouthCentral to 
operate certain Beechcraft 1900C aircraft with oxygen masks that are 
not equipped with installed microphones. Grant, 7/29/97, Exemption No. 
6596C.

    Docket No.: 24541.
    Petitioner: Boeing Commercial Airplane Group.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.611.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Boeing to 
conduct ferry flights with one engine inoperative on its Boeing 707, 
720, 727, and 747 aircraft without obtaining a special ferry permit. 
Grant, 7/29/97, Exemption No. 4467F.

    Docket No.: 26721.
    Petitioner: Regional Airline Association.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.63(a)(4) and subparts E, 
G, and H of part 135.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Regional 
Airline Association-member airlines and other similarly situated air 
carriers to train, check, and qualify flight crewmembers in accordance 
with 14 CFR 121.681 and 121.683; subparts N and O of part 121; and 
appendixes E, F, and H to part 121. Grant, 7/29/97, Exemption No. 
5450C.

    Docket No.: 28781.
    Petitioner: United Airlines, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.438(a)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit United 
Airlines, Inc., to allow time as second-in-command (SIC) pilots that 
have fewer than 100 hours of flight time as SIC in part 121 operations 
in the type of airplanes being flown to perform takeoffs and landings 
at airports designated as special airports. Denial, 7/24/97, Exemption 
No. 6662.

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