[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 222 (Monday, November 20, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55150-55151]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-25047]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. 2017-81]


Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; Bell 
Helicopter Textron

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief 
from specified requirements of Federal Aviation Regulations. The 
purpose of this notice is to improve the public's awareness of, and 
participation in, the FAA's exemption process. 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 December 11, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified by docket number FAA-2017-0604 
using any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the online instructions for sending your 
comments electronically.
     Mail: Send comments to Docket Operations, M-30; U.S. 
Department of Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Room 
W12-140, West Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
     Hand Delivery or Courier: Take comments to Docket 
Operations 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.
     Fax: Fax comments to Docket Operations at 202-493-2251.
    Privacy: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments 
from the public to better inform its rulemaking process. DOT posts 
these comments, without edit, including any personal information the 
commenter provides, to http://www.regulations.gov, as described in the 
system of records notice (DOT/ALL-14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at 
http://www.dot.gov/privacy.
    Docket: Background documents or comments received may be read at 
http://www.regulations.gov at any time. Follow the online instructions 
for accessing the docket or go to the Docket Operations 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: Jake Troutman (202) 683-7788, Office 
of Rulemaking, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue 
SW., Washington, DC 20591.
    This notice is published pursuant to 14 CFR 11.85.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on November 13, 2017.
Lirio Liu,
Director, Office of Rulemaking.

Petition for Exemption

    Docket No.: FAA-2017-0604.

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    Petitioner: Bell Helicopter Textron.
    Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: Sec. Sec.  61.113(a) and (b), 
91.121, 91.151(a), 91.119(c).
    Description of Relief Sought: The petitioner is seeking an 
exemption in conjunction with obtaining a Special Airworthiness 
Certificate (Experimental--Research and Development) for the Model 
AAPPT Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), a powered-lift aircraft, for 
research and development purposes. The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) 
can be configured with wing extensions allowing for a heavier gross 
weight and correspondingly increased propulsion prop-rotor system for a 
maximum take-off weight of 500 pounds. Bell intends to operate in Class 
G airspace with an altitude envelope of not greater than 400 feet above 
ground level (AGL) above an area of Palo Pinto County, Texas, with 
ground elevation above mean sea level (MSL) of approximately 1,050 
feet.

[FR Doc. 2017-25047 Filed 11-17-17; 8:45 am]
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