[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 9 (Thursday, January 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2532-2533]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-856]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE-99-29]


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 February 4, 1999.

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 January 8, 1999.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

Docket No.: 29311
Petitioner: Kitty Hawk Aircargo, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.438(a)(1)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Kitty Hawk to allow 
each of its second-in-command (SIC) pilots that have fewer than 100 
hours of flight time as SIC in part 121 operations in the type of 
airplane being flown to perform takeoffs and landings at airports 
designated as special airports.

Docket No.: 29427
Petitioner: Boeing Commercial Airplane Group
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.1435(b)(1)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Boeing partial 
exemption from the requirements in lieu of a static test of 4500 psig. 
Boeing proposes to demonstrate compliance with a range of motion test 
for only the hydraulic tubing added for the 737-700C Main Deck Cargo 
Door (MDCD) system at just below the system relief pressure of 3400 
psig.

Docket No.: 29386
Petitioner: Mr. Archie D. Van Beek
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 45.29(b)(1)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit you to operate your 
Maule M-5 airplane displaying 3-inch high nationality and registration 
markings instead of the 12-inch-high marking required by the 
regulation.

Dispositions of Petitions

Docket No.: 25636
Petitioner: International Aero Engines (IAE)
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 21.325(b) (1) and (3)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit export 
airworthiness approvals to be issued for Class I products (engines) 
assembled and tested in the United Kingdom, and for Class II and III 
products manufactured in the IAE consortium countries of Germany, 
Japan, and the United Kingdom.
Grant, December 29, 1998, Exemption No. 4991E

Docket No.: 6605A
Petitioner: Mr. Robert W. Fortnam
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.109 (a) and (b)(3)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit petitioner to 
conduct recurrent flight training in Beechcraft Bonanza, Baron, and 
Travel Air aircraft, and recurrent flight training in simulated 
instrument flight in Beechcraft Baron and Travel Air aircraft, when 
those aircraft are equipped with a functioning throwover control wheel 
in place of functioning dual controls.
Grant, December 31, 1998, Exemption No. 6605A

Docket No.: 29157
Petitioner: US Airways
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.434(c)(1)(ii)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit US Airways to 
substitute a qualified and authorized check airman for an FAA inspector 
when an FAA inspector is not available to observe a qualifying pilot in 
command (PIC) who is completing initial or upgrade training, as 
specified in the performance of prescribed duties during at least one 
flight leg that includes a takeoff and a landing, subject to certain 
conditions and limitations.
Grant, December 30, 1998, Exemption No. 6849

Docket No.: 26732
Petitioner: Air Transport Association of America
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.652 (a) and (c)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit a pilot in command 
(PIC) conducting operations to perform an instrument approach procedure 
to the weather minima prescribed by this exemption during the first 100 
hours of service as PIC, in the type airplane he or she is operating, 
using an alternative means approved by the Administrator to satisfy the 
requirements.

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Grant, January 5, 1999, Exemption No. 5549D

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