[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 159 (Monday, August 18, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49538-49540]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-21108]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE-2003-50]


Petitions for Exemption; Summary of Petitions Received; 
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.


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    Issued in Washington, DC, on August 12, 2003.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Dispositions of Petitions

Docket No. FAA-2001-9141.
Petitioner: Daedalus, Inc., d.b.a. Business Aviation Services.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Daedalus, Inc., 
d.b.a. Business Aviation Services to operate certain aircraft under 
part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed on those 
aircraft. Grant, 7/30/2003, Exemption No. 7569A.

Docket No.: FAA-2001-9862.
Petitioner: Bright Star Aviation.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Bright Star 
Aviation to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 
(Mode S) transponder installed on those aircraft. Grant, 7/29/2003, 
Exemption No. 7078B.
Docket No.: FAA-2001-10606.
Petitioner: IHC Health Service, d.b.a. Life Flight of Salt Lake City, 
Utah.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit IHC Health Service, 
d.b.a. Life Flight of Salt Lake City, Utah, to operate certain aircraft 
under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed on 
those aircraft. Grant, 7/29/2003, Exemption No. 7079B.

Docket No.: FAA-2001-10790.
Petitioner: Air Logistics, LLC.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Air Logistics, LLC, 
to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) 
transponder installed on those aircraft. Grant, 7/29/2003, Exemption 
No. 6736C.

Docket No.: FAA-2001-11089.
Petitioner: The Collings Foundations.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 91.315, 91.319(a), 119.5(g), and 
119.21(a).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the Collings 
Foundation to operate its Boeing B-17, which is certified in the 
limited category, its Consolidated B-24, which is certified in the 
experimental category, and its North American B-25 and its Grumman TBM, 
both of which are certified in the limited category, for the purpose of 
carrying passengers on local flights for compensation or hire. Grant, 
7/17/2003, Exemption No. 6540F.

Docket No.: FAA-2001-10356.
Petitioner: U.S. Army Aeronautical Service Agency.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 91.177(a)(2) and 91.179(b)(1).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit properly equipped 
U.S. Army Special Operations Command aircraft to conduct low-level 
operations without complying with enroute minimum altitudes for flight 
under instrument flight rules (IFR) or direction of flight requirements 
for IFR enroute segment in uncontrolled airspace. Grant, 7/8/2003, 
Exemption No. 7631B.

Docket No.: FAA-2001-10984.
Petitioner: Air Tahoma, Inc.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Air Tahoma, Inc., 
to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) 
transponder installed in those aircraft. Grant, 7/2/2003, Exemption No. 
7664A.

Docket No.: FAA-2003-15512.
Petitioner: Security Aviation, Inc.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Security Aviation, 
Inc., operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode 
S) transponder installed in those aircraft. Grant, 7/3/2003, Exemption 
No. 8090.
Docket No.: FAA-2003-14921.
Petitioner: Indianapolis Aviation, Inc.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Indianapolis 
Aviation, Inc., to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a 
TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed in those aircraft. Grant, 7/3/
2003, Exemption No. 7082B.

Docket No.: FAA-2002-13932
Petitioner: Polar Air Cargo
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 121.434(c)(1)(ii)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Polar Air Cargo to 
substitute a qualified and authorized check airman or aircrew program 
designee for an FAA inspector to observe a qualifying pilot in command 
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, 7/2/2003, Exemption No. 8089.

Docket No.: FAA-2002-13163
Petitioner: Ryan International Airlines, Inc.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 121.434(c)(1)(ii)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Ryan International 
Airlines, Inc., to substitute a qualified and authorized check airman 
or aircrew program designee for an FAA inspector to observe a 
qualifying pilot in command 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, 7/2/2003, Exemption No. 8085.

Docket No.: FAA-2000-8095
Petitioner: Eagle Canyon Airlines, Inc., d.b.a. Scenic Airlines
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 121.434(c)(1)(ii)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Eagle Canyon 
Airlines to substitute a qualified and authorized check airman or 
aircrew program designee for an FAA inspector to observe a qualifying 
pilot in command 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, 7/2/2003, Exemption No. 8088.

Docket No.: FAA-2000-7345
Petitioner: Chicago Express Airlines, Inc.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 121.434(c)(1)(ii)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Chicago Express 
Airlines, Inc., to substitute a qualified and authorized check airman 
or aircrew program designee for an FAA inspector to observe a 
qualifying pilot in command 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, 7/2/2003, Exemption No.8086.

Docket No.: FAA-2003-14356
Petitioner: TransMeridian Airlines
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 121.434(c)(1)(ii)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit TransMeridian 
Airlines to substitute a qualified and authorized check airman or 
aircrew program designee for an FAA inspector to observe a qualifying 
pilot in command 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, 7/2/2003, Exemption No.8087.

Docket No.: FAA-2003-15167
Petitioner: Michael W. Higgins
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 121.383(c)

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Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Michael W. Higgins 
to act as a pilot in operations conducted under part 121 after reaching 
his 60th birthday. Denial, 6/29/2003, Exemption No.8080.

Docket No.: FAA-2003-15445
Petitioner: Sunworld International Airlines, Inc.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 121.434(c)(1)(ii)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Sunworld 
International Airlines, Inc., to substitute a qualified and authorized 
check airman or aircrew program designee for an FAA inspector to 
observe a qualifying pilot in command 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, 7/14/2003, Exemption 
No.8094.

Docket No.: FAA-2003-15444
Petitioner: America West Airlines
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 121.434(c)(1)(ii)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit America West 
Airlines to substitute a qualified and authorized check airman or 
aircrew program designee for an FAA inspector to observe a qualifying 
pilot in command 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, 7/14/2003, Exemption No.8095.
Docket No.: FAA-2003-14850.
Petitioner: Ariel Weiss.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 61.89(a)(5) and 61.111(b).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Ariel Weiss' 
student pilots to conduct solo flights between the Dutch islands of 
Saint Maarten, Saba, and Saint Eustatius in the Netherlands Antilles 
and the islands of Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis in the eastern 
Caribbean while fulfilling the cross-country requirements for a private 
pilot certificate. Grant, 7/9/2003, Exemption No. 8092.

Docket No.: FAA-2003-15482.
Petitioner: Wayne W. Galvani.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 121.383(c).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Wayne W. Galvani to 
act as a pilot in operations conducted under part 121 after reaching 
his 60th birthday. Denial, 7/16/2003, Exemption No. 8096.

Docket No.: FAA-2002-13274.
Petitioner: China Airlines, Ltd.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 61.77(a) and (b) and, Sec.  62.23(a) 
and (b).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit China Airlines, 
Ltd., to add a U.S.-registered A300-600R airplane, to the list of 
aircraft previously authorized for China Airlines' airmen who operate 
certain U.S.-registered aircraft that are leased to a non-U.S. citizen, 
for carrying persons or property for compensation or hire, to be 
eligible for a special purpose pilot authorization and a special 
purpose flight engineer certificate, without holding a current foreign 
license or certificate issued by a foreign contracting state to the 
Convention on International Civil Aviation Organization. Grant, 7/9/
2003, Exemption No. 7980A.

Docket No.: FAA-2003-15677.
Petitioner: Zdravko Podolski.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 91.109(a).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Zdravko Podolski to 
conduct certain flight instruction in Beechcraft Bonanza/Debonair 
aircraft equipped with a functioning throw-over control wheel instead 
of functioning dual controls. Grant, 7/24/2003, Exemption No. 8101.

Docket No.: FAA-2001-10045.
Petitioner: Mountain Air Cargo, Inc.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 91.203(a)(b), 121.153(a)(1), and 
135.25(a)(1).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Mountain Air Cargo, 
Inc., to temporarily operate U.S.-registered aircraft in domestic 
airline operations under part 121 or part 135 without the airworthiness 
certificate onboard subject to certain conditions and limitations. 
Grant, 7/23/2003, Exemption No. 7620A.

Docket No.: FAA-2003-15567.
Petitioner: Express.Net Airlines.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 91.203 and 121.153(a)(1).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Express.Net 
Airlines to temporarily operate their U.S.-registered aircraft 
following incidental loss or mutilation of the certicate of 
airworthiness or registration, or both. Grant, 7/23/2003, Exemption No. 
8100.

Docket No.: FAA-2003-15446.
Petitioner: JetBlue Airways Corporation.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 121.434(c)(1)(ii).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit JetBlue Airways 
Corporation to substitute a qualified and authorized check airman or 
aircrew program designee for an FAA inspector to observe a qualifying 
pilot in command 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, 7/22/2003, Exemption No. 8099.

Docket No.: FAA-2003-15643.
Petitioner: John L. Geitz.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 91.109(a) and (b)(3).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit John L. Geitz to 
conduct certain flight training and to provide simulated instrument 
flight experience in certain Beech airplanes that are equipped with a 
functioning throw-over control wheel. Grant, 7/18/2003, Exemption No. 
8097.

Docket No.: FAA-2001-9924.
Petitioner: Airbus North America Holdings, Inc.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 61.77(a).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Airbus North 
America Holdings, Inc., (Airbus) to allow pilots and flight engineers 
employed by Airbus to be eligible for issuance of special purpose pilot 
and flight engineer authorizations, under part 61 and 65, as 
appropriate, for the purpose of performing delivery flights of U.S.-
registered airplanes between foreign countries and from a foreign 
country to the United States. Grant, 7/17/2003, Exemption No. 6850C.

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