[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30282-30284]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-14711]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE-98-10]


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 June 23, 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].

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    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 Terry Stubblefield (202) 267-7624, 
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 May 29, 1998.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petiton for Exemption

    Docket No.: 29216.
    Petitioner: Mid East Jet, Inc.
    Regulations Affected: 25.813(e).
    Description of Petition: To exempt Mid East Jet, Inc. from the 
requirements of 14 CFR 25.813(e), which prohibits installation of a 
door in any partition between passenger compartments. This aircraft 
operates under the provisions of FAR parts 91 or 125 and is not engaged 
in providing ``air transportation.'' If granted, this exemption would 
permit the carriage of an additional 16 passengers, for a total of 41, 
on an executive configured Boeing 757-200 aircraft intended for non-
revenue use only.

Petitions for Exemption

    Docket No.: 29197.
    Petitioner: The Stallion 51 Corporation.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.315.
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit Stallion 51 to provide 
initial and recurrent training, orientation flights, and training under 
contract with the U.S. military in its two North American P-51 
airplanes certificated as limited category civil aircraft.

Dispositions of Petitions

    Docket No.: 28824.
    Petitioner: Traid International Maintenance Corporation.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.807(c)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit deactivation of 
the existing passenger emergency escape exit door R1 on Boeing 767-200 
aircraft converted by TIMCO from a passenger to an all-freight 
configuration with accommodations for up to four supernumerary 
occupants in the flight deck area forward of the main deck Class E 
cargo compartment. GRANT, May 1, 1998, Exemption No. 6698A.

    Docket No.: 29110.
    Petitioner: ERA Aviation, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 119.2(a) and 121.356(b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit ERA to operate 
two Douglas DC-3 (DC-3) airplanes under part 121 passenger-carrying 
operations without those airplanes being equipped with a Traffic Alert 
and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS). GRANT, May 14, 1998, Exemption 
No. 6765.

    Docket No.: 26006.
    Petitioner: Raytheon Aircraft Company.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 47.69(b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the use of a 
Dealer's Aircraft Registration Certificates outside the United States 
for demonstrating, testing, selling, and marketing its aircraft, 
subject certain conditions and limitations. GRANT, April 30, 1998, 
Exemption No. 6758.

    Docket No.: 28479.
    Petitioner: Strong Enterprises, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 105.43(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Strong 
Enterprises, Inc., and Strong Certified Tandem Instructors to conduct 
parachute jumps while wearing a dual-harness, dual-parachute pack, 
having at least one main parachute and one auxiliary parachute. The 
exemption also authorizes the pilot-in-command of aircraft involved in 
these operations to allow such persons to make tandem parachute jumps. 
GRANT, May 6, 1998, Exemption No. 6474C.

    Docket No.: 28468.
    Petitioner: Honolulu Community College Aeronautics.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 65.75, 65.77 and 65.80.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
to institute a continuous practical examination program in which 
students enrolled in HCC's approved 14 CFR part 147 program undergo 
practical testing concurrent with its training program, in lieu of the 
students taking the practical test at the completion of the training 
program. GRANT, May 12, 1998, Exemption No. 6764.

    Docket No.: 26048.
    Petitioner: National Test Pilot School.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.319(a) (1) and (2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
to operate aircraft that have experimental certificates to train flight 
test students who are pilots and flight engineers through the 
demonstration and practice of flight test techniques and to teach those 
students flight test data acquisition methods for compensation. GRANT, 
May 21, 1998, Exemption No. 5778C.

    Docket No.: 27167.
    Petitioner: Corporate Aviation Services, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit CAS to operate 
certain aircraft under the provisions of part 135 without a TSO-C112 
(Mode S) transponder installed on those aircraft. GRANT, May 21, 1998, 
Exemption No. 5756B.

    Docket No.: 28573.
    Petitioner: FAA's Office of Aviation System Standards.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.251 and 135.255(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
to use the drug and alcohol testing program mandated by Department of 
Transportation (DOT) Order 3910.1C, ``The Drug and Alcohol-Free 
Departmental Workplace,'' for its Flight Inspection Program management, 
pilot, and maintenance personnel in lieu of the drug and alcohol 
testing programs mandated by the Federal Aviation Regulations. GRANT, 
May 21, 1998, Exemption No. 6484A.
    Docket No.: 26690.
    Petitioner: AMR Eagle, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.411(a)(2), (a)(3), and 
(b)(2); 121.413(b) (c), and (d); appendix H to part 121; 135.337(a)(2), 
(a)(3), and (b)(2); and 135.339(a)(2), (b), and (c).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit AMR Eagle to 
use qualified AMR Eagle or AMR Eagle-affiliated instructor pilots and 
check airmen to use certain FAA-approved simulators to train and check 
Eagle certificate holders' pilots without those instructors and check 
airmen meeting all the applicable training requirements of parts 121 
and 135. GRANT, May 21, 1998, Exemption No. 5486C.

    Docket No.: 28530.
    Petitioner: John A. Porter.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.109(a) and (b)(3).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
to conduct certain flight instruction and

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simulated instrument flights to meet recent instrument experience 
requirements, in certain Beechcraft airplanes equipped with a 
functioning throwover control wheel in place of functioning dual 
controls. GRANT, May 21, 1998, Exemption No. 6521A.

    Docket No.: 28905.
    Petitioner: Petroleum Helicopters, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.152(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
to operate two Bell 214st helicopters and one Bell 412SP helicopter, 
currently owned by PHI, that are not equipped with approved flight data 
recorders. GRANT, May 21, 1998, Exemption No. 6713A.

    Docket No.: 28955.
    Petitioner: James W. Shafer.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.307(c).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Mr. Shafer to 
permanently mount and use a Ballistic Recovery Systems, Inc. (BRS), 
1050 ballistic parachute in his Rans S-10 experimental category 
aircraft in lieu of the individual approved parachutes required by 
Sec. 91.307(c). DENIAL May 21, 1998, Exemption No. 6767.

    Docket No.: 28434.
    Petitioner: Mercy Air Service, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.142(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
to operate certain aircraft without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder 
installed. GRANT, May 21, 1998, Exemption No. 6769.

    Docket No.: 28977.
    Petitioner: Freight Runners Express, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
to operate its Beechcraft B-99A aircraft without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) 
transponder installed. GRANT, May 21, 1998, Exemption No. 6768.

    Docket No.: 29181.
    Petitioner: Northwest Airlines.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 93.217.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Northwest, who 
holds two international slots at O'Hare, to conduct domestic operations 
utilizing the two subject international slots. Northwest may trade 
these two slots on a one-for-one basis at the same airport; these slots 
may not be bought, sold, or leased. GRANT, May 27, 1998, Exemption No. 
6766.

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