[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 61 (Tuesday, March 31, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15478-15479]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8378]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE-98-5]


Petition 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 20, 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 25, 1998.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

    Docket No.: 29127.
    Petitioner: National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
    Sections of the Far Affected: Section 40102(a)(37)(B) of Title 49.
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit NASA to operate its KC-135 
aircraft as a public aircraft in support of scientific, aerospace, and 
aeronautical programs in cooperation with State and foreign 
Governments, universities, and private industry while carrying certain 
passengers or receiving reimbursement for these operations.

    Docket No.: 29139.
    Petitioner: Helicopter Association International.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.197(a)(2)(iii).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit each graduate of an HAI-
sponsored Federal Aviation Administration-approved flight instructor 
refresher course to renew his or her flight instructor certificate more 
than 90 days preceding the expiration month of that certificate.

    Docket No.: 29032.
    Petitioner: Lake Area Technical Institute.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: Part A of subtitle VII of Title 49.
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit LATI to operate its 
Beechcraft U-21A aircraft as a public aircraft.

    Docket No.: 29143.
    Petitioner: Honeywell, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.47(b).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit Honeywell, a Federal 
Aviation Administration (FAA)-certificated repair station (No. 
HWOY904N), to substitute the instrument calibration standards of the 
Instituto Nacional de Metrologia, Normalizacao e Qualidade Industrial, 
Brazil's national standards laboratory, and the pressure standards of 
France's Bureau National de Metrologie, Laboratoire Primarire du Temps 
et des Frequences, for the calibration standards of the U.S. National 
Institute of Standards and Technology, formerly the National Bureau of 
Standards, to test its inspection and test equipment.

Dispositions of Petitions

    Docket No.: 28569.
    Petitioner: Rocky Mountain Holdings, L.L.C.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 133.1(d), 133.35(a), and 
133.45(e)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit RMH to conduct external-
hoist, high-altitude rescue operations using two Agusta A109K2 (A109K2) 
helicopters type certificated in the normal category and not capable of 
maintaining a hover with one engine inoperative.
    GRANT, March 19, 1998, Exemption No. 6740.

    Docket No.: 23869.
    Petitioner: The Uninsured Relative Workshop, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 105.43(c).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit TURWI to allow 
its employees, representatives, and other volunteer experimental 
parachute test jumpers under its direction and control to make tandem 
parachute jumps while wearing a dual-harness, dual-parachute pack 
having at least one main parachute and one auxiliary parachute packed 
in accordance with Sec. 105.43(a). It also permits pilots in command of 
aircraft involved in these operations to allow such persons to make 
these parachute jumps.
    GRANT, March 13, 1998, Exemption No. 4943I.

    Docket No.: 29130.
    Petitioner: Trans-Exec Air Services, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.152(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit TEAS to operate 
its Gulfstream III aircraft under part 135 without it being equipped 
with the digital flight data recorder currently required.
    GRANT, March 18, 1998, Exemption No. 6739.

    Docket No.: 28582.
    Petitioner: Atlas Air, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.583(a)(8).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit up to three 
dependents of Atlas employees who are accompanied by an employee 
sponsor traveling on official business only and are trained and 
qualified in the operation of emergency equipment on Atlas' Boeing 747 
cargo aircraft to be added to the list of persons specified in 
Sec. 121.583(a)(8) that Atlas is authorized to transport without 
complying with the passenger-carrying operation requirements in 
Secs. 121.309(f), 121.310, 121.391, 121.571, and 121.587; the 
passenger-carrying operations requirements in Secs. 121.157(c), 
121.161. and 121.291; and the requirements pertaining to passengers in 
Secs. 121.285, 121.313(f), 121.317, 121.547, and 121.573.

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    GRANT, March 10, 1998, Exemption No. 6487A.

    Docket No.: 27258.
    Petitioner: Air Methods Corporation.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit AMC to operate 
the aircraft listed in Attachment A under the provisions of part 135 
without a TSO-C112 transponder installed.
    GRANT, March 10, 1998, Exemption No. 5720B.

    Docket No.: 28419.
    Petitioner: United Parcel Service.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.433(c)(1)(iii), 
121.440(a), 121.441(a)(1), and (b)(1), and appendix F.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit UPS to combine 
recurrent flight and ground training and proficiency checks for UPS's 
pilots in command, seconds in command, and flight engineers in a single 
annual training and proficiency evaluation program (i.e., a single-
visit training program).
    GRANT, March 10, 1998, Exemption No. 6434A.

    Docket No.: 25060.
    Petitioner: Douglas Aircraft Company.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 21.197.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit DAC to conduct 
training of DAC's pilot flight crewmembers while operating under 
special flight permits issued for the purpose of production flight 
testing.
    GRANT, March 3, 1998, Exemption No. 4936C.

    Docket No.: 28861.
    Petitioner: Vertical Flite.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.119(b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Vertical Flite 
to operate Air and Space 18A gyroplanes (AS-18A) in visual 
meteorological conditions below the minimum altitudes specified in 
Sec. 91.119(b) and (c) while conducting aerial photography or 
contracted ``police and highway'' flights.
    DENIAL, March 3, 1998, Exemption No. 6738.

    Docket No.: 27170.
    Petitioner: Minuteman Aviation, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit MAI to operate 
its helicopters without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed.
    GRANT, March 3, 1998, Exemption No. 6737.

    Docket No.: 25242.
    Petitioner: Experimental Aircraft Association.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.58(c) and 91.5.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit EAA members to 
complete an approved training course in lieu of a pilot proficiency 
check. The exemption applies to training courses for the following 
aircraft: Boeing B-17; North American B-25; Douglas B-26, C-47, and C-
54; Consolidated PBY; Martin PBM; Grumman S-2-F; Curtiss C-46; and Ford 
Tri-Motor.
    GRANT, March 5, 1998, Exemption No. 4941E.

    Docket No.: 26696.
    Petitioner: Ryan International Airlines, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.503(b) and 121.511(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit pilots and 
flight engineers employed by Ryan to complete certain scheduled coast-
to-coast, all-cargo, transcontinental flights with no more than one 
intermediate stop and a maximum of 11 hours of flight time during any 
24 consecutive hours before being provided with at least 16 hours of 
rest.
    GRANT, March 3, 1998, Exemption No. 5461C.

    Docket No.: 28172.
    Petitioner: Helicopter Services, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit HSI 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. 6109A.

    Docket No.: 28479.
    Petitioner: Strong Enterprises.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 105.43(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit employees, 
representatives, and other volunteer experimental parachute test 
jumpers under Strong's control to make tandem parachute jumps while 
wearing a dual-harness, dual-parachute pack that has at least one main 
parachute and one approved auxiliary parachute. The exemption also 
permits pilots in command of aircraft involved in these operations to 
allow such persons to make these parachute jumps.
    GRANT, March 11, 1998, Exemption No. 6474B.

[FR Doc. 98-8378 Filed 3-30-98; 8:45 am]
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