[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 168 (Tuesday, August 30, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 59713]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-20812]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. 2016-95]


Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; Fusion 
Flight, LLC

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of petition for exemption received.

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SUMMARY: This notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief 
from specified requirements of 14 CFR. 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 the petition or its final disposition.

DATES: Comments on this petition must identify the petition docket 
number and must be received on or before September 19, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments identified by Docket Number FAA-2016-
5847 using any of the following methods:
     Government-wide rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the instructions for sending your 
comments electronically.
     Mail: Send comments to the Docket Management Facility; 
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West 
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590.
     Fax: Fax comments to the Docket Management Facility at 
202-493-2251.
     Hand Delivery: Bring comments to the Docket Management 
Facility in Room W12-140 of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    Privacy: We will post all comments we receive, without change, to 
http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information you 
provide. Using the search function of our docket Web site, anyone can 
find and read the comments received into any of our dockets, including 
the name of the individual sending the comment (or signing the comment 
for an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's 
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on 
April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477-78).
    Docket: To read background documents or comments received, go to 
http://www.regulations.gov at any time or to the Docket Management 
Facility in Room W12-140 of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thuy H. Cooper, (202) 267-4715. 800 
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591. This notice is published 
pursuant to 14 CFR 11.85.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on August 19, 2016.
Dale Bouffiou,
Acting Director, Office of Rulemaking,

Petition for Exemption

    Docket No.: FAA-2016-5847.
    Petitioner: Fusion Flight, LLC.
    Sections of 14 CFR Affected: 61.113, 91.151, 91.119, and 91.12.
    Description of Relief Sought: Fusion Flight requests an exemption 
to operate an unmanned and autonomous aircraft that ascends, powered by 
a jet engine, on a ballistic trajectory up to 16.2 km (53,150 ft) AGL 
and descends, once its fuel is consumed, under parachute. The 
petitioner's purpose is to investigate the feasibility of constructing 
a launch vehicle with a jet-engine powered first stage, which if 
possible, has the potential to greatly reduce the cost of sending 
payloads into space.
[FR Doc. 2016-20812 Filed 8-29-16; 8:45 am]
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