[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 104 (Friday, May 30, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32566-32568]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-13545]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE-2003-30]


Petitions for Exemption; Dispositions of Petitions Issued

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice 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 
part 11 of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), this notice 
contains a summary of certain dispositions of certain petitions 
previously received. The purpose of this notice is to improve the 
public's awareness of, and participation in, this aspect of FAA's 
regulatory activities.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim Adams (202) 267-8033, Sandy 
Buchanan-Sumter (202) 267-7271, or Denise Emrick (202) 267-5174, Office 
of Rulemaking (ARM-1), Federal Aviation Administration, 800 
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591.
    This notice is published pursuant to 14 CFR 11.85 and 11.91.

    Issued in Washington, DC on May 23, 2003.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Dispositions of Petitions

    Docket No.: FAA-2001-8693.
    Petitioner: Beverly Air Transport.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Beverly Air 
Transport to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 
(Mode S) transponder installed in those aircraft.
    Grant, 05/02/2003, Exemption No. 8040.

    Docket No.: FAA-2003-14879.
    Petitioner: Xtrajet, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.152(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Xtrajet to 
operate it's 1973 Gulfstream G-1159 airplane under part 135 without the 
airplane being equipped with an approved digital flight data recorder.
    Grant, 05/05/2003, Exemption No. 8044.

    Docket No.: FAA-2003-14377.

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    Petitioner: Evergreen Helicopters International, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.152(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Evergreen 
Helicopters International, Inc. to operate its Bell Model 212 
helicopters under part 135 without each Bell Model 212 being equipped 
with an approved digital flight data recorder.
    Grant, 05/02/2003, Exemption No. 8043.

    Docket No.: FAA-2002-11938.
    Petitioner: Friends of Allen County Airport.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.251, 135.255, and 135.353, 
and appendices I and J to part 121.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Friends of 
Allen County Airport to conduct local sightseeing flights at the Allen 
County Airport, Iola, Kansas, on June 14, 2003, for compensation or 
hire, without complying with certain anti-drug and alcohol misuse 
prevention requirements of part 135.
    Grant, 05/05/2003, Exemption No. 8045.

    Docket No.: FAA-2003-14918.
    Petitioner: Aero Charter and Transport, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Aero Charter 
and Transport, Inc. to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without 
a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed in those aircraft.
    Grant, 05/05/2003, Exemption No. 8047.

    Docket No.: FAA-2001-9379.
    Petitioner: Air Transport Association.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 121.613, 121.619(a), and 
121.625.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Air Transport 
Association member airlines and other similarly situated part 121 
operators to continue to dispatch airplanes under instrument flight 
rules when conditional language in a one-time increment of the weather 
forecast states that the weather at the destination airport, alternate 
airport, or both airports could be below the authorized weather 
minimums when other time increments of the weather forecast state that 
weather conditions will be at or above the authorized weather minimums.
    Grant, 05/02/2003, Exemption No. 3585N.

    Docket No.: FAA-2003-14930.
    Petitioner: Air Arctic, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Air Arctic, 
Inc. to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 
(Mode S) transponder installed in those aircraft.
    Grant, 05/05/2003, Exemption No. 8048.

    Docket No.: FAA-2001-9135.
    Petitioner: The Boeing Company.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 91.611.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit The Boeing 
Company to conduct ferry flights with one engine inoperative on its 
Boeing 707, 720, 727, 747, DC-10, MD-10, and MD-11 airplanes without 
obtaining a special ferry permit.
    Grant, 05/05/2003, Exemption No. 4467I.

    Docket No.: FAA-2003-14921.
    Petitioner: Wilson Aviation.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Wilson Aviation 
to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) 
transponder installed in those aircraft.
    Grant, 05/05/2003, Exemption No. 8046.

    Docket No.: FAA-2003-14920.
    Petitioner: Southeast Air Charter.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Southeast Air 
Charter to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 
(Mode S) transponder installed in those aircraft.
    Grant, 05/02/2003, Exemption No. 8042.

    Docket No.: FAA-2003-15039.
    Petitioner: Hudson Air Service, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Hudson Air 
Service, Inc. to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-
C112 (Mode S) transponder installed in those aircraft.
    Grant, 05/02/2003, Exemption No. 8041.

    Docket No.: FAA-2001-9791.
    Petitioner: NockAir Helicopter, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 133.43(a) and (b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit NockAir 
Helicopter, Inc. to use its helicopters to perform aerial trapeze acts 
without using an approved external-load attachment or quick release 
device for carrying a person on a trapeze bar.
    Grant, 05/06/2003, Exemption No. 6685C.

    Docket No.: FAA-2001-10425.
    Petitioner: National Test Pilot School.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 91.319(a)(1) and (2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the National 
Test Pilot School 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. Additionally, the exemption revises the list 
of aircraft covered by the exemption.
    Grant, 05/09/2003, Exemption No. 5778H.

    Docket No.: FAA-2000-8185.
    Petitioner: U.S. Airways, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 121.440(a) and SFAR 58, 
paragraph 6(b)(3)(ii)(A).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit U.S. Airways, 
Inc. to meet line check requirements using an alternative line check 
program, subject to certain conditions and limitations.
    Grant, 05/09/2003, Exemption No. 7665A.

    Docket No.: FAA-2003-14895.
    Petitioner: KP Air Service.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit KP Air Service 
to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) 
transponder installed in those aircraft.
    Grant, 05/08/2003, Exemption No. 8050.

    Docket No.: FAA-2003-14894.
    Petitioner: Falcon Aviation, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Falcon 
Aviation, Inc. to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a 
TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed in those aircraft.
    Grant, 05/08/2003, Exemption No. 8051.

    Docket No.: FAA-2003-15040.
    Petitioner: West Texas Helicopter.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit West Texas 
Helicopter to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-
C112 (Mode S) transponder installed in those aircraft.
    Grant, 05/08/2003, Exemption No. 8052.

    Docket No.: FAA-2001-10091.
    Petitioner: Mr. Lloyd E. Swenson.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 91.109(a) and (b)(3).

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    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Mr. Swenson to 
conduct certain flight instruction and 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, 05/06/2003, Exemption No. 7593A.

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