[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 134 (Tuesday, July 14, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37930-37931]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-18708]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE-98-14]


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 August 3, 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, 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, DC 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, DC, on July 8, 1998.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions For Exemption

    Docket No.: 29230.
    Petitioner: Delta Air Lines, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.417(c)(2)(i)(A).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit Delta to use pictorial and 
text-based differences training in lieu of hands-on training to 
accomplish the training and qualification of crewmembers on Type III 
emergency automatic overwing exits installed on the Boeing 737-800 
aircraft, when the crewmembers previously have been trained and 
qualified on Type III emergency manual overwing exits installed on 
other versions of Boeing 737 aircraft.

Dispositions of Petitions

    Docket No.: 29239.
    Petitioner: Bombardier Aerospace.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.571(e)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit use of 
``Vc at sea level or .85 Vc at 8,000 feet, 
whichever is greater,'' instead of the current Sec. 25.571(e)(1) 
requirement to test from ``Vc at sea level to Vc 
at 8,000 feet.''
    Grant, June 25, 1998, Exemption No. 6790.

    Docket No.: 28574.
    Petitioner: Federal Express Corporation.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.434(c)(1)(ii).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit FedEx to use 
qualified and authorized check airmen, in lieu of an FAA inspector, to 
observe a qualifying pilot in command who is completing the initial or 
upgrade training specified in Sec. 121.424 during at least one flight 
leg that includes a takeoff and a landing.
    Grant, June 26, 1998, Exemption No. 6473A.

    Docket No.: 28529.
    Petitioner: Atlantic Aero, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Atlantic Aero 
Inc., and any part 135 operator who rents, leases, or otherwise uses 
any aircraft identified in Exemption No. 6459, as amended, to operate 
its aircraft without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed. This 
exemption also allows Atlantic to operate any aircraft for which the 
installation of a TSO-74b or TSO-C74c ATC transponder is needed, 
provided the Principal Operations Inspector is notified.
    Grant, June 26, 1998, Exemption No. 6459B.

    Docket No.: 27294.
    Petitioner: Air Transport Association of America.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.309(f)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit ATA-member 
airlines to locate the aft megaphone at door 4-left on their Boeing 747 
aircraft.
    Grant, June 29, 1998, Exemption No. 6140B.

    Docket No.: 23492.
    Petitioner: United States Hang Gliding Association, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 103.1(a) and (b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit individuals 
authorized by USHGA to operate unpowered ultralight vehicles (hang 
gliders) weighing less than 155 pounds, with another occupant, for the 
purpose of sport, training or recreation.
    Grant, June 26, 1998, Exemption No. 4721F.


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    Docket No.: 28173.
    Petitioner: Bemidji Aviation Services, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
to operate its Beech 99 aircraft without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) 
transponder installed. This exemption also allows BAS to operate any 
aircraft for which the installation of a TSO-73b or TSO-C74C ATC 
transponder is needed.
    Grant, June 26, 1998, Exemption No. 6110A.

    Docket No.: 29156.
    Petitioner: Firelands Museum of Military History.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.319, 119.5(g), and 
119.25(b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
to operate its former military Huey helicopters, which are certificated 
in the experimental category, for the purpose of carrying passengers on 
local flights for compensation of hire, subject to certain conditions 
and limitations.
    Grant, July 1, 1998, Exemption No. 6792.

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