[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 149 (Wednesday, August 2, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47577-47578]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-19525]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE-2000-30]


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 23, 2000.

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.
    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: Cherie Jack (202) 267-7271, Forest 
Rawls (202) 267-8033, or Vanessa Wilkins (202) 267-8029 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 28, 2000.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Dispositions of Petitions

    Docket No.: 28172.
    Petitioner: Helicopter Services, Inc.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit HSI to 
operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) 
transponder installed on those aircraft.

Grant, 6/22/00, Exemption No. 6109B

    Docket No.: 26006.
    Petitioner: Raytheon Aircraft Company.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 47.69(b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Raytheon to 
use their Dealer's Aircraft Registration Certificate outside the 
United States for demonstrating, testing, selling, and marketing any 
and all aircraft manufactured by it.

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Grant, 06/01/00, Exemption No. 7241

    Docket No.: 29978.
    Petitioner: Mr. Kent Walker Ewing.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.109(a) and (b)(3).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit certain 
flight instruction in Beechcraft Bonanza, Baron, and Travel Air 
airplanes equipped with a functioning throwover wheel in place of 
functioning dual controls.

Grant, 06/14/00, Exemption No. 7245

    Docket No.: 29961.
    Petitioner: Horizon Air Industries, Inc. dba Horizon Air 
(Horizon).
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.434(c)(1)(ii).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Horizon to 
substitute a qualified and authorized check airman in place of an 
FAA inspector to observe a qualifying PIC who is completing initial 
or upgrade training specified in Sec. 121.424 during at least one 
flight leg that includes a takeoff and a landing.

Grant, 06/14/00, Exemption No. 7253

    Docket No.: 2992.
    Petitioner: Alaska Air Taxi.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit AAT to 
operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) 
transponder installed in the aircraft.

Grant, 06/22/00, Exemption No. 7247

    Docket No. 30084.
    Petitioner: Crescent City Airport Day Committee.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.251, 135.255, 135.353, 
and appendixes I and J to part 121.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit CCADC to 
conduct local sightseeing flights at Crescent City Airport, 
California, for its one-day Airport Day Scholarship Fundraising 
airlift in July 2000, for compensation or hire, without complying 
with certain anti-drug and alcohol misuse prevention requirements.

Grant, 06/22/00, Exemption No. 7248

    Docket No.: 30066.
    Petitioner: Aero Charter, Inc.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit ACI to 
operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) 
transponder installed in the aircraft.

Grant, 06/22/00, Exemption No. 7250

    Docket No.: 29988.
    Petitioner: EK Aviation.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.251, 135.255, and 
135.353 and appendixes I and J to part 121.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit EKA to 
conduct local sightseeing flights at the Sidney, Ohio, airport 
airfair on June 24, 2000, and at the Urbana, Ohio, airport airfair 
on July 4, 2000, for compensation or hire, without complying with 
the drug and alcohol testing requirements.

Grant, 06/21/00, Exemption No. 7246

    Docket No.: 23980.
    Petitioner: United States Hang Gliding Association, Inc.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.309 and 103.1(b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit USHGA 
members to tow unpowered ultralight vehicles (hang gliders) using 
powered ultralight vehicles.

Grant, 06/14/00, Exemption No. 4144H

    Docket No.: 29987.
    Petitioner: Helicorp, Inc.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Helicorp to 
operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) 
transponder installed in the aircraft.

Grant, 06/22/00, Exemption No. 7251

    Docket No.: 30098.
    Petitioner: Pacific Helicopter Tours, Inc.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.152(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit PHT to 
operate its two Bell 212 helicopters under part 135 without each of 
those helicopters being equipped with an approved digital flight 
data recorder.

Grant, 06/29/00, Exemption No. 7257

    Docket No.: 29854.
    Petitioner: LifePort, Inc.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.562 and 25.785(b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit supplemental 
type certification of a medical stretcher installation on Gulfstream 
G-V airplanes.

Grant, 05/02/00, Exemption No. 7189

    Docket No.: CE157.
    Petitioner: The Red Baron Stearman Squadron.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 23.851 and Civil Air 
Regulation (CAR) 4a.532(j).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the removal 
of fire extinguishers from six Boeing Stearman airplanes, which do 
not comply with the requirements of the CAR and part 23.

Denial, 04/13/00, Exemption No. 7167

    Docket No.: CE155.
    Petitioner: Raytheon Aircraft Company.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 23.181(b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Raytheon 
Model 390 to be certified to a requirement equivalent to 14 CFR 
25.181(b).

Grant, 04/24/00, Exemption No. 7190

    Docket No.: 30074.
    Petitioner: Lebanon Chapter of the Oregon Pilots Association.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.251, 135.255, 135.353, 
and appendixes I and J to part 121.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit LCOPA to 
conduct local sightseeing flights at Lebanon State Airport, Oregon, 
for a one-day charitable airlift event in July, 2000, for 
compensation or hire, without complying with certain anti-drug and 
alcohol misuse prevention requirements of part 135.

Grant, 06/22/00, Exemption No. 7249

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