[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 55 (Monday, March 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13907-13909]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-7326]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE-98-4]


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 regulations. 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 8, 1998.

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: Tawana Matthews (202) 267-9783 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 16, 1998.
Gary Michel,
Acting Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

Docket No.: 29117
Petitioner: Professional Aviation Maintenance Association
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 65.92(a)
Description of Relief Sought: To permit PAMA members who attend an 8-
hour training course at the April 1 through 3, 1998, PAMA Technical 
Symposium and Trade Show to renew their inspection authorization by 
April 15, 1998.

Docket No.: 29138
Petitioner: Washington State Department of Transportation

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Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.197(a)(2)(iii)
Description of Relief Sought: To permit graduates of WDOT's Federal 
Aviation Administration (FAA)-approved flight instructor refresher 
courses to renew their flight instructor certificates more than 90 days 
before the certificates expire.

Dispositions of Petitions

Docket No.: 28561
Petitioner: Scenic Airlines, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Scenic Airlines to 
operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) 
transponder installed.
Grant, February 24, 1998, Exemption No. 6471A
Docket No.: 27136
Petitioner: Kenai Air Alaska, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit KAI to operate 
certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder 
installed.
Grant, February 24, 1998, Exemption No. 5699B

Docket No.: 23290
Petitioner: Air Transport Association of America
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.391(d)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit ATA member 
airlines' and other similarly situated part 121 certificate holders' 
required flight attendants to be located at the mid-cabin flight 
attendant station during takeoff and landing on Boeing 767 airplanes.
Grant, February 24, 1998, Exemption No. 4298G

Docket No: 27153
Petitioner: Kachina Aviation
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Kachina to operate 
without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed in its aircraft 
operating under the provisions of part 135.
Grant, February 24, 1998, Exemption No. 5701B

Docket No.: 27490
Petitioner: C.A.E., Inc.
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.411(a)(2), and (3), and (b)(2); 
121.413(b), (c), and (d); and appendix H to part 121
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit certain pilot and 
flight engineer (FE) instructors and check airmen employed by CAE and 
listed in an air carrier certificate holder's approved training program 
to act as simulator instructors and check airmen for an air carrier 
certificate holder under part 121 without those instructors or check 
airmen having received ground and flight training in accordance with a 
training program approved under subpart N of part 121. That exemption 
has permitted simulator instructors and check airmen employed by CAE 
and listed in an air carrier certificate holder's approved training 
program to serve in advanced simulators without being employed by the 
air carrier certificate holder for 1 year.
Grant, February 24, 1998, Exemption No. 5870B

Docket No.: 28520
Petitioner: P&N Flight and Charter
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit P&N to operate its 
aircraft (Registration No. N4921J, Serial No. 28R-30642) without a TSO-
C112 (Mode S) transponder installed.
Grant, February 24, 1998, Exemption No. 6448A

Docket No.: 29118
Petitioner: Homestead Helicopters, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit HHI to operate its 
Robinson R44 helicopter (Registration No. N8372H, Serial No. 0387) 
without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed.
Grant, February 24, 1998, Exemption No. 6733
Docket No.: 28118
Petitioner: King Airelines
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit King to operate 
without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed in its aircraft 
operating under the provisions of part 135.
Grant, March 3, 1998, Exemption No. 6093A
Docket No.: 26160
Petitioner: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.319(c)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit MIT to operate 
certain aircraft having experimental airworthiness certificates in a 
congested airway or over densely populated areas. In your letter, you 
include a revised list of aircraft to be covered by the extension.
Grant, March 3, 1998, Exemption No. 5210D

Docket No.: 29116
Petitioner: Taconite Aviation, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit TAI to operate four 
aircraft without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed.
Grant, March 3, 1998, Exemption No. 6735

Docket No.: 29125
Petitioner: Moore's Flying Service
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Moore's to operate 
its Bell 206-L4 helicopter (Registration No. N595CC, Serial No. 52129) 
without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed.
Grant, March 3, 1998, Exemption No. 673

Docket No.: 22822
Petitioner: T.B.M., Inc., and Butler Aircraft Co.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.611
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit TBM and BAC to 
conduct ferry flights with one engine inoperative on their McDonnell 
Douglas DC-6 and DC-7 airplanes without obtaining a special flight 
permit for each flight.
Grant, March 3, 1998, Exemption No. 5204D

Docket No.: 28414
Petitioner: Zebra Air, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Zebra Air to 
operate its aircraft under the provisions of part 135 without a TSO-
C112 transponder installed. In your letter you include a revised list 
of Zebra Air aircraft to be covered by the extension.
Grant, March 3, 1998, Exemption No. 6407A

Docket No.: 27118
Petitioner: Air Logistics, L.L.C.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit ALG to operate 
under the provisions of part 135 without having a TSO-C112 (Mode S) 
transponder installed in its aircraft.
Grant, March 3, 1998, Exemption No. 6736

Docket No.: 27388
Petitioner: Boeing North American, Inc.

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Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 21.195(a)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Boeing North 
American, Inc., to obtain an experimental certificate for its two 
prototype Model DASA FR-06 Ranger 2000 airplanes, S/N -001 and -002, 
for the purpose of conducting market surveys, sales demonstrations, or 
customer crew training.
Grant, March 3, 1998, Exemption No. 5849C

Docket No.: 29100
Petitioner: Bombardier Inc. Canadair
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.571(e)(1)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit certification of 
the Bombardier Inc. Canadair BD-700-1A10 airplane using Vc 
at sea level or 0.85 Vc at 8,000 ft., which ever is greater.
Grant, March 3, 1998, Exemption No. 6731

Docket No.: 29098
Petitioner: Simmons Airlines
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.562(c)(5) and 25.785(a)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Simmons Airlines 
exemption from the head impact criterion requirements of 25.562(c)(5) 
and 25.785(a) for front row and exit row seats on Embracer EMB-145 
airplanes.
Denial, February 3, 1998, Exemption No. 6732

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