[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 250 (Wednesday, December 31, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75708-75710]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-32084]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE-2003-79]


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, or Sandy 
Buchanan-Sumter (202) 267-7271, 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 December 23, 2003.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Dispositions of Petitions

    Docket No.: FAA-2002-13273.
    Petitioner: Stuart Air Show.
    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 the Visiting 
Nurse Association to conduct local sightseeing flights at the Martin 
County Airport, Stuart, Florida, for the Stuart Air Show on November 8 
and 9, 2003, for compensation or hire, without complying with certain 
any-drug and alcohol misuse prevention requirements of part 135.
    Grant, 10/23/2003, Exemption No. 8159

    Docket No.: FAA-2003-16344.
    Petitioner: Sky Care.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Sky Care to 
operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSP-C112 (Mode S) 
transponder installed in those aircraft.
    Grant, 10/31/2003, Exemption No. 8165

    Docket No.: FAA-2001-11025.
    Petitioner: Miller Aviation.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Miller Aviation 
to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSP-C112 (Mode S) 
transponder installed in those aircraft.
    Grant, 10/31/2003, Exemption No. 7663A

    Docket No.: FAA-2002-12354.
    Petitioner: Keystone Helicopter Corporation.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Keystone 
Helicopter Corporation to operate certain aircraft under part 135 
without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed in those aircraft.
    Grant, 10/31/2003, Exemption No. 7783A

    Docket No.: FAA-2002-11493.
    Petitioner: Central Copters, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Central 
Copters, Inc., to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a 
TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed in those aircraft.
    Grant, 10/31/2003, Exemption No. 7724A

    Docket No.: FAA-2003-16276.
    Petitioner: Federal Express Corporation.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 121.583(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Federal Express 
Corporation to transport medical personnel assigned to Project Orbis 
without complying with all the passenger-carrying requirements in 
Sec. Sec.  121.291, 121.309(f), 121.310, and 121.391.
    Grant, 11/3/2003, Exemption No. 5129F

    Docket No.: FAA-2001-10799.
    Petitioner: Garrett Aviation Services.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 145.45(f).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Garrett 
Aviation Services to place an maintain its inspection procedures manual 
(IPM) in strategically located areas throughout its facility rather 
than give a copy of the IPM to each of its supervisory and inspection 
personnel.
    Grant, 11/3/2003, Exemption No. 7089B
    Docket No.: FAA-2003-15045.
    Petitioner: T.B.M., Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 36.1581(d).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit T.B.M., Inc. to 
operate its Douglas DC-6 and Douglas DC-7 aircraft in aerial fire 
suppression operations at landing weights greater than the maximum 
landing weight.
    Grant, 11/3/2003, Exemption No. 2745C

    Docket No.: FAA-2003-15716.
    Petitioner: Triad International Maintenance Corporation.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 145.45(f).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Triad 
International Maintenance Corporation to place and maintain its 
inspection procedures manual (IPM) in its hangar library and inspection 
office rather than give a copy to each of its supervisory and 
inspection personnel.
    Grant, 11/4/2003, Exemption No. 8166

    Docket No.: FAA-2003-16199.
    Petitioner: Pacific Airways, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.203(a)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Pacific 
Airways, Inc., to conduct operations under visual flight rules outside 
controlled airspace, over water, at an altitude below 500 feet above 
the surface.
    Grant, 11/4/2003, Exemption No. 8167


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    Docket No.: FAA-2002-11499.
    Petitioner: Mr. Randy L. Bailey.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 91.109(a) and (b)(3).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Mr. Randy L. 
Bailey to conduct certain flight instruction and simulated instrument 
flights to meet the recent experience requirements in Beechcraft 
Bonanza, and Travel Air airplanes equipped with a functioning throwover 
control wheel in place of functioning dual controls.
    Grant, 11/4/2003, Exemption No. 7734A

    Docket No.: FAA-2001-9772.
    Petitioner: Leading Edge Aviation Services, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Leading Edge 
Aviation Services, Inc., to operate certain aircraft under part 135 
without a TSO-112C (Mode S) transponder installed in those aircraft.
    Grant, 11/5/2003, Exemption No. 8168

    Docket No.: FAA-2003-16412.
    Petitioner: Richland Aviation.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Richland 
Aviation to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-112C 
(Mode S) transponder installed in those aircraft.
    Grant, 11/7/2003, Exemption No. 8169

    Docket No.: FAA-2001-10793.
    Petitioner: Taconite Aviation, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.145(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Taconite 
Aviation, Inc., to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a 
TSO-112C (Mode S) transponder installed in those aircraft.
    Grant, 11/7/2003, Exemption No. 6735C
    Docket No.: FAA-2001-10605.
    Petitioner: United Air Lines, 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 United Air 
Lines, Inc., to meet line check requirements using an alternative line 
check program.
    Grant, 11/7/2003, Exemption No. 3451N

    Docket No.: FAA-2002-12573.
    Petitioner: Regional Aviation Partners.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 119.21(a)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit members of 
Regional Aviation Partners, that are direct air carriers conducting 
domestic operations, in accordance with Sec.  119.3 with airplanes 
having a passenger seat configuration of more than 9 and less than 31 
seats, excluding and crewmember seat, required to conduct operations 
under part 121 to instead conduct operations under part 135.
    Denial, 11/10/2003, Exemption No. 8170

    Docket No.: FAA-2001-10919.
    Petitioner: Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 145.45(f).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Gulfstream 
Aerospace Corporation to give copies of its Inspection Procedures 
Manual (IPM) to individuals as necessary and make the manual available 
electronically to all other employees, rather than give a paper copy of 
the IPM to each of its supervisory and inspection personnel.
    Grant, 11/20/2003, Exemption No. 7706A

    Docket No.: FAA-2001-10452.
    Petitioner: Air Logistics, LLC.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 145.45(f).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Air Logistics, 
LLC, to place and maintain its inspection procedures manual (IPM) in a 
number of fixed locations within the facility, in lieu of giving a copy 
of its IPM to each of its supervisory and inspection personnel.
    Grant, 11/20/2003, Exemption No. 7097B

    Docket No.: FAA-2001-9783.
    Petitioner: Lider Signature S.A.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 145.47(b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Lider Signature 
S.A., to substitute the calibration standards of the Instituto Nacional 
de Metrologia, Normalizacao e Qualidade Industrial, Brazil's national 
standards organization, for the calibration standards of the U.S. 
National Institute of Standards and Technology, for testing of its 
inspection and test equipment.
    Grant, 11/19/2003, Exemption No. 8177

    Docket No.: FAA-2001-10676.
    Petitioner: Air Transport Association.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: Appendix H to part 121.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit member airlines 
of the Air Transport Association to use level C simulators for pilot-
in-command initial and upgrade training and checking.
    Grant, 11/20/2003, Exemption No. 5400F
    Docket No.: FAA-2001-10800.
    Petitioner: Sierra industries, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 91.9(a) and 91.531(a)(1) and 
(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit certain 
qualified pilots of its Cessna Citation Model 500 series airplanes 
equipped with supplemental type certificate (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.
    Grant, 11/20/2003, Exemption No. 5517G

    Docket No.: FAA-2003-16399.
    Petitioner: New World Aviation, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.152(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit New World 
Aviation to operate Business Aircraft Group's 1969 Gulfstream Aerospace 
G-1159 aircraft under part 135 without the aircraft being equipped with 
an approved digital flight data recorder.
    Denial, 11/24/2003, Exemption No. 8181

    Docket No.: FAA-2000-8533.
    Petitioner: Israel Aircraft Industries, Ltd.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 61.77(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit pilots employed 
by, or under contract to, Israel Aircraft Industries, Ltd., to operate 
any U.S.-registered airplane, for which they are licensed by the 
Israeli CAA, to the United States from Israel, ferry and deliver U.S.-
registered airplanes from Israel to other countries for its customers, 
and perform test and acceptance flights on U.S.-registered airplanes to 
its customers.
    Denial, 11/24/2003, Exemption No. 8180

    Docket No: FAA-2003-14819.
    Petitioner: AiRadio Corporation, d.b.a. ElectroSonics.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 145.57(a) and 145.09(d)(3) and 
(4).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit AiRadio 
Corporation, d.b.a. ElectroSonics (ElectroSonics) to use manufacturer's 
service manuals, instructions, and service bulletins provided by the 
aircraft owners or operators rather than maintain current copies of 
these documents at the repair station for each aircraft ElectroSonics 
may repair or alter.
    Denial, 10/27/2003, Exemption No. 8161

    Docket No.: FAA-2003-15792.
    Petitioner: Northwest Airlines, Inc.

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    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 121.505(b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit pilots 
operating a single Northwest Airlines, Inc., airplane to be on duty for 
more than 16 hours during 24 consecutive hours.
    Denial, 12/1/2003, Exemption No. 8182
    Docket No: FAA-2001-9353.
    Petitioner: Promech, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.203(a)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit certain 
certificate holders conducting operations under part 135 to operate 
seaplanes inside the Ketchikan, Alaska, Class E airspace under Special 
Visual Flight Rules below 500 feet above surface.
    Grant, 11/24/2003, Exemption No. 4760J
    Docket No.: FAA-2001-9142.
    Petitioner: Honeywell International, Inc., Systems, and Services.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 21.325(b)(3).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Honeywell 
International, Inc., Systems, and Services (Honeywell ES&S) to issue 
export airworthiness approval tags for class II and class III products 
manufactured at Honeywell's Singapore facility, which is an approved 
supplier to Honeywell ES&S under parts manufactured approval No. 
PQ1222NM.
    Grant, 11/17/2003, Exemption No. 7075C
    Docket No.: FAA-2001-10475.
    Petitioner: Air Transport Association of America.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 45.11(a) and (d), 91.417(d), and 
paragraph (d) of appendix B to part 43.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit aircraft to be 
operated without complying with the requirements pertaining to (1) the 
location of the aircraft identification plates and (2) the carriage of 
FAA Form 337 as evidence of installation approval for fuel tank 
installation in the passenger compartment or a baggage compartment.
    Grant, 11/10/2003, Exemption No. 4902I
    Docket No.: FAA-2003-16576.
    Petitioner: Martinair, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Martinair, 
Inc., to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-112C 
(Mode S) transponder installed in those aircraft.
    Grant, 12/4/2003, Exemption No. 8186
    Docket No.: FAA-2001-11050.
    Petitioner: Big Sky Transportation Company d.b.a. Big Sky Airlines.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 121.345(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Big Sky 
Transportation Company d.b.a. Big Sky Airlines to operate certain 
aircraft under part 121 without a TSO-112C (Mode S) transponder 
installed in those aircraft.
    Grant, 12/4/2003, Exemption No. 7685A
    Docket No.: FAA-2003-16561.
    Petitioner: Alaska Coastal Airlines, Inc., d.b.a. Wings Airways.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.203(a)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Alaska Coastal 
Airlines, Inc., d.b.a. Wings Airways to conduct operations under visual 
flight rules outside controlled airspace, over water, at an altitude 
below 500 feet above the surface.
    Grant, 12/2/2003, Exemption No. 8185
    Docket No.: FAA-2001-10384.
    Petitioner: Weary Warriors Squadron, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 91.315, 119.5(g), and 119.21(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Weary Warriors 
Squadron, Inc., to operate its North American B-25 for the purpose of 
carrying passengers for compensation or hire on local flights for 
educational and historical purposes.
    Grant, 12/2/2003, Exemption No. 6786D
    Docket No.: FAA-2003-16518.
    Petitioner: Helicopter Association International.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 61.197(b)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit certificated 
flight instructors who renewed their certificates at the Helicopter 
Association International's HELI-EXPO in February 2002, and whose 
certificates are due to expire on February 29, 2004, and extension 
period to March 31, 2004.
    Denial, 12/2/2003, Exemption No. 8184
    Docket No.: FAA-2002-11491.
    Petitioner: Cessna Aircraft Company.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 91.9(a) and 91.531(a)(1) and 
(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the Cessna 
Aircraft Company to allow certain qualified pilots of Cessna Citation 
Model 550, S550, 552, or 560 aircraft to operate those aircraft without 
a pilot who is designated as second in command.
    Grant, 12/2/2003, Exemption No. 4050M

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