[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 223 (Thursday, November 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64310-64311]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-30932]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE-98-21]


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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CORRECTION: Federal Express.

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.

DATE: Comments on petitions received must identify the petition docket 
number involved and must be received on or before December 9, 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: Brenda Eichelberger (202) 267-7470 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 November 13, 1998.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

    Docket No.: 29347.
    Petitioner: Rhino Aviation.
    Sections of the FAR Affected:
    14 CFR 135.299(a).
    Description of Relief Sought:
    To permit J & A pilots to accomplish a line operational evaluation 
in a Level C or Level D flight simulator in lieu of a line check in an 
aircraft.

    Docket No: 28820.
    Petitioner: Northern Air Cargo, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected:
    14 CFR 119.67(a)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought:
    To allow Mr. Leonard F. Kirk to continue to serve as Director of 
Operations for NAC without holding an airline transport pilot 
certificate.

    Docket No: 26734.
    Petitioner: Sierra Industries, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected:
    14 CFR 91.9(a) and 91.531(a)(1) and (2).
    Description of Relief Sought:
    To permit Sierra to continue to permit certain qualified pilots of 
its Cessna Model 500 Citation airplanes (Serial Nos. 0001 through 0349 
only) equipped with supplemental type certificat4e (STC) No. SA8176SW 
or STC No. SA09377SC and either STC No. SA2172NM or STC No. SA645NW to 
operate those aircraft without a pilot who is designated as second in 
command.

    Docket No: 29151.
    Petitioner: Aramco Associated Company (AAC).
    Sections of the FAR Affected:
    14 CFR 91.609(c).
    Description of Relief Sought:
    To permit AAC to continue to operate its four Bell Model 212 
helicopters (Registration Nos.N701H, N705H, N748H, and N749H; Serial 
Nos. 35096, 35088, 35060, and 35061, respectively) in part 91 
operations until January 31, 2000, without a digital flight data 
recorder installed in each of those aircraft.

    Docket No: 29355.
    Petitioner: Crow Executive Air, Inc. (CEA).
    Sections of the FAR Affected:
    14 CFR 135.299(a).
    Description of Relief Sought:
    To permit CEA pilots to accomplish a line operational evaluation in 
a Level C or Level D flight simulator in lieu of a line check in an 
aircraft.

    Docket No: 29342.
    Petitioner: Airbus Industrie.

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    Sections of the FAR Affected:
    14 CFR 61.77(a).
    Description of Relief Sought:
    To permit Airbus to obtain special purpose pilot authorizations for 
50 of its pilots to ferry newly manufactured U.S.-registered aircraft 
from France and Germany to the United States for delivery to a U.S. 
airline. The pilots will not be carrying persons or property for hire 
on these new aircraft.

    Docket No: 29363.
    Petitioner: Charter Fleet International.
    Sections of the FAR Affected:
    14 CFR 135.299(a).
    Description of Relief Sought:
    To permit CFI pilots to accomplish a line operational evaluation in 
a Level C or Level D flight simulator in lieu of a line check in an 
aircraft.

    Docket No.: 29361.
    Petitioner: Columbia Helicopters, Inc. (CHI).
    Sections of the FAR Affected:
    14 CFR 135.152(a).
    Description of Relief Sought:
    To permit CHI to operater 5 Boeing Chinook Model BV-234 and 12 
Boeing/Kawasaki Vertol 107 Model BV/KV-107-II helicopters under part 
135 without a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)-approved digital 
flight data recorder installed in each aircraft.

    Docket No.: 26297.
    Petitioner: Fairchild Aircraft Incorporated.
    Sections of the FAR Affected:
    14 CFR 91.531(a)(3).
    Description of Relief Sought:
    To permit Fairchild to continue to allow its type-rated company 
pilots to conduct production and experimental test flights in SA227-CC 
and SA227-DC Metro 23 airplanes without a pilot designated as second in 
command (SIC). It also would continue to permit all operators of 
Fairchild commuter category airplanes (SA227-CC, SA227-DC, and other 
airplanes on the same type certificate) to conduct flight operations 
without a designated SIC pilot, provided the airplane is type 
certificated for single-pilot operations and is carrying nine or fewer 
passengers.

    Docket No.: 29353.
    Petitioner: The Air Group, Inc. (AGI).
    Sections of the FAR Affected:
    14 CFR 135.299(a).
    Description of Relief Sought:
    To permit AGI pilots to accomplish a line operational evaluation in 
a Level C or Level D flight simulator in lieu of a line check in an 
aircraft.

    Docket No.: 28732.
    Petitioner: Counsel for Vieques Air Link, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected:
    14 CFR 121.356 and 121.591 through 121.713.
    Description of Relief Sought:
    To permit Vieques to operate its Britten-Norman BN-2A Mark III Tri-
Islander aircraft in scheduled operations without a traffic alert and 
collision avoidance system installed on those aircraft and without 
meeting the dispatching and flight release requirements set forth in 
subparts U and V of part 121.

Dispositions of Petitions

    Docket No.: 28673.
    Petitioner: Counsel for the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) 
Blatt, Hammesfahr & Eaton.
    Sections of the FAR Affected:
    14 CFR 91.315, 119.5(g), and 119.21(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition:
    To permit EAA to operate its B-17, which holds a limited 
airworthiness certificate, for the purpose of carrying its members for 
compensation or hire in its former military vintage airplane.
    Disposition, Date, Exemption No.
    GRANT, October 30, 1998, Exemption No. 6541A.

    Docket No.: 26710.
    Petitioner: Skydive DeLand, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected:
    14 CFR 105.43(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition:
    To permit Skydive to allow nonstudent parachutists who are foreign 
nationals to participate in parachute jumping events sponsored by 
Skydive without complying with the parachute equipment and packing 
requirements.
    Disposition, Date, Exemption No.:
    Grant, October 30, 1998, Exemption No. 5542C.

    Docket No.: 29216.
    Petitioner: Mid East Jet, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected:
    14 CFR 25.813(e).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition:
    To permit installation of interior doors between passenger 
compartments on a Boeing 757-200 series airplane.
    Disposition, Date, Exemption No.
    Partial Grant, October 19, 1998, Exemption No. 6834.

    Docket No.: 28696.
    Petitioner: Federal Express.
    Sections of the FAR Affected:
    14 CFR 25.1423(c).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition:
    Disposition, Date, Exemption No.
    Partial Grant, August 28, 1998, Exemption No. 6652A.
    Correction to: Partial Grant and Exemption No.

    Docket No.: 29224.
    Petitioner: Bombardier Aerospace.
    Sections of the FAR Affected:
    14 CFR C36.3(c).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition:
    To permit the sideline noise certification requirement for 
Bombardier de Havilland Canada DHC-8 Dash 8 Series 400 airplane to be 
demonstrated based on the requirement contained in section 3.3.1(a)(2) 
of Volume 1, Chapter 3 of Annex 16 (Amendment 5) to the Convention on 
International Civil Aviation (ICAO).
    Disposition, Date, Exemption No.
    Grant, October 19, 1998, Exemption No. 6833.

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