[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 12, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60695-60698]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-22853]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE-2004-77]


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, or Sandy 
Buchanan-Sumter (202) 267-7271, Office of Rulemaking (ARM-1), Federal

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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 October 5, 2004.
Anthony F. Fazio,
Director, Office of Rulemaking.

Dispositions of Petitions

    Docket No.: FAA-2002-13602.
    Petitioner: Eagle Aviation, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Eagle Aviation, 
Inc., to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 
(Mode S) transponder installed on those aircraft. Grant, 08/20/2004, 
Exemption No. 7919A.

    Docket No.: FAA-2002-13369.
    Petitioner: Aero Sports Connection.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Aero Sports 
Connection to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-
C112 (Mode S) transponder installed on those aircraft. Grant, 8/20/
2004, Exemption No. 7390B.

    Docket No.: FAA-2004-18899.
    Petitioner: WorldWind Helicopters, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit WorldWind 
Helicopters, Inc., to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a 
TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed on those aircraft. Grant, 8/23/
2004, Exemption No. 8387.

    Docket No.: FAA-2002-13288.
    Petitioner: Ozark Air Charter Company, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Ozark Air 
Charter Company, Inc., to operate certain aircraft under part 135 
without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed on those aircraft. 
Grant, 8/23/2004, Exemption No. 7906A.

    Docket No.: FAA-2004-18666.
    Petitioner: Rotor Wing Aviation, LLC.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Rotor Wing 
Aviation, LLC to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-
C112 (Mode S) transponder installed on those aircraft. Grant, 8/20/
2004, Exemption No. 8382.

    Docket No.: FAA-2004-18735.
    Petitioner: Morcom Aviation Services, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Morcom Aviation 
Services, Inc., to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a 
TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed on those aircraft. Grant, 8/20/
2004, Exemption No. 8383.

    Docket No.: FAA-2004-18696.
    Petitioner: Aviation Expeditions.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Aviation 
Expeditions to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-
C112 (Mode S) transponder installed on those aircraft. Grant, 8/20/
2004, Exemption No. 8386.

    Docket No.: FAA-2004-18866.
    Petitioner: California Shock Trauma Air Rescue.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit California 
Shock Trauma Air Rescue to operate certain aircraft under part 135 
without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed on those aircraft. 
Grant, 8/20/2004, Exemption No. 8384.

    Docket No.: FAA-2004-18871.
    Petitioner: Valley Air Express.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Valley Air 
Express to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 
(Mode S) transponder installed on those aircraft. Grant, 8/20/2004, 
Exemption No. 8385.

    Docket No.: FAA-2004-18950.
    Petitioner: Dixie Air Charter, LLC.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Dixie Air 
Charter, LLC to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-
C112 (Mode S) transponder installed on those aircraft. Grant, 9/3/2004, 
Exemption No. 8395.

    Docket No.: FAA-2000-8474.
    Petitioner: Howell Enterprises, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Howell 
Enterprises, Inc., to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a 
TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed on those aircraft. Grant, 9/3/
2004, Exemption No. 7427B.

    Docket No.: FAA-2000-8434.
    Petitioner: Air Transport Association of America, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 121.652(a) and (c).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Air Transport 
Association of America, Inc., member airlines and any similarly 
situated part 121 operator, to permit a pilot in command (PIC) 
conducting operations under part 121 to perform an instrument approach 
procedure to the weather minima prescribed by this exemption during the 
first 100 hours of service as PIC, in the type of airplane he/she is 
operating, using an alternative means approved by the Administrator to 
satisfy the requirements of Sec.  121.652(a) and (c). Grant, 8/28/2004, 
Exemption No. 5549G.

    Docket No.: FAA-2001-10191.
    Petitioner: Department of the Air Force.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 91.209(a)(1) and (b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the Department 
of the Air Force an amendment to Exemption No. 7960 that will allow the 
participation of other military services while conducting joint 
operations. Grant, 8/28/2004, Exemption No. 7960A.

    Docket No.: FAA-2004-17905.
    Petitioner: Cherry-Air, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR appendix G to part 91.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Cherry-Air, 
Inc., to operate its aircraft in reduced vertical separation minimum 
airspace without Cherry-Air or its aircraft complying with appendix G 
to part 91. Denial, 8/25/2004, Exemption No. 8393.

    Docket No.: FAA-2001-9501.
    Petitioner: United States Air Force.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 91.209(a)(1) and (b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the United 
States Air Force an amendment to Exemption No. 7687A that will extend 
the expiration date for 5 years and remove the requirement to issue a 
NOTAM. Grant, 8/26/2004, Exemption No. 7687B.

    Docket No.: FAA-2002-13377.
    Petitioner: Continental Micronesia, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 121.440(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Continental 
Micronesia, Inc., to meet line check requirements using an alternative 
line check program. Grant, 8/28/2004, Exemption No. 7902A.

    Docket No.: FAA-2000-8153.
    Petitioner: American Airlines, Inc.

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    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 121.317(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit American 
Airlines, Inc., to operate its Boeing 737 and 777 aircraft with ``No 
Smoking'' signs that are always illuminated. Grant, 8/28/2004, 
Exemption No. 6853C.

    Docket No.: FAA-2000-8000.
    Petitioner: Delta Air Lines, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 121.434(c)(1)(ii).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Delta Air 
Lines, Inc., to substitute a qualified and authorized check airman in 
place of an FAA inspector to observe a qualifying pilot in command 
(PIC) while that PIC is performing prescribed duties during at least 
one flight leg that includes a takeoff and a landing when completing 
initial or upgrade training as specified in Sec.  121.424. Grant, 8/28/
2004, Exemption No. 7376D.

    Docket No.: FAA-2000-8454.
    Petitioner: United Airlines, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 121.434(c)(1)(ii).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit United 
Airlines, Inc., to substitute a qualified and authorized check airman 
in place of an FAA inspector to observe a qualifying pilot in command 
(PIC) while that PIC is performing prescribed duties during at least 
one flight leg that includes a takeoff and a landing when completing 
initial or upgrade training as specified in Sec.  121.424 Grant, 9/8/
2004, Exemption No. 6570F.

    Docket No.: FAA-2004-18971.
    Petitioner: Spirit Airlines.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 121.623(a) and (d), 121.643, and 
121.645(e).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Spirit Airlines 
to conduct its supplemental operations within the 48 contiguous United 
States and the District of Columbia using the flight regulations for 
alternate airports as required by Sec.  121.619 and fuel reserve 
requirements as required by Sec.  121.639 that are applicable to 
domestic operations. Grant, 9/9/2004, Exemption No. 8398.

    Docket No.: FAA-2004-17232.
    Petitioner: Raytheon Aircraft Charter & Management.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 91.501.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Raytheon 
Aircraft Charter & Management to transport customers and aircraft parts 
for owners of Raytheon Aircraft Company-manufactured aircraft for a 
nominal fee. Denial, 9/9/2004, Exemption No. 8397.

    Docket No.: FAA-2002-12010.
    Petitioner: Taunton Airport Association, Inc.
    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 Taunton Airport 
Association, Inc., to conduct local sightseeing flights at the Taunton 
Municipal Airport, Taunton, Massachusetts, on or about October 23, 
2004, for compensation or hire, without complying with certain anti-
drug and alcohol misuse prevention requirements of part 135, subject to 
certain conditions and limitations. Grant, 9/13/2004, Exemption No. 
8401.

    Docket No.: FAA-2003-15373.
    Petitioner: Ameriflight, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.85.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Ameriflight, 
Inc., and each Ameriflight pilot to transport FAA-certificated airmen 
who are employed as flight crewmembers by another part 121 or part 135 
certificate holder, and who are fully current and qualified with that 
other part 121 or part 135 certificate holder subject to certain 
conditions and limitations. Grant, 9/8/2004, Exemption No. 8396.

    Docket No.: FAA-2002-12249.
    Petitioner: Aviation Systems Standards.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 61.3(a) and (c).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Aviation 
Stystems Standards to issue facsimile pilot certificates and medical 
certificates to crewmembers whose certificates have been lost, 
destroyed, or misplaced. Grant, 9/10/2004, Exemption No. 7363B.

    Docket No.: FAA-2002-14166.
    Petitioner: Mr. Kent Ewing.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 91.109(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Mr. Kent Ewing 
to conduct certain flight instruction and simulated instrument flights 
to meet the recent experience requirements in Beechcraft Bonanza, 
Baron, and Travel Air airplanes equipped with a functioning throwover 
control wheel in place of functioning dual controls. Grant, 9/10/2004, 
Exemption No. 7961A.

    Docket No.: FAA-2000-8527.
    Petitioner: SIMCOM Training Center.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 91.9(a) and 91.531(a)(1) and 
(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit SIMCOM Training 
Center and operators of Cessna Citation model 500, S550, 552, and 560 
airplanes an amendment to Exemption No. 7487D that will specifically 
name the Cessna Citation models as the Bravo, Encore, and Ultra. 
Denial, 9/10/2004, Exemption No. 7487E.
    Docket No.: FAA-2001-10269.
    Petitioner: Executive Jet Aviation, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.152(h)(1) through (h)(57), 
(i), and (j).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Executive Jet 
Aviation, Inc., to operate its Falcon 2000 aircraft without recording 
the parameters listed in Sec.  135.152(h)(1) through (h)(57) within the 
ranges, accuracies, resolutions, and recording intervals specified in 
appendix F to part 135. Denial, 9/10/2004, Exemption No. 8400.
    Docket No.: FAA-2004-19087.
    Petitioner: Mesaba Aviation, Inc., d.b.a. Mesaba Airlines.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 121.574(a)(1)(i) and (iii) and 
(3)(i).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Mesaba 
Aviation, Inc., d.b.a. Mesaba Airlines to allow its passengers to use 
oxygen storage and dispensing equipment for medical purposes while 
aboard Mesaba aircraft when the equipment is furnished and maintained 
by another part 121 certificate holder. Denial, 9/10/2004, Exemption 
No. 8399.
    Docket No.: FAA-2002-13012.
    Petitioner: Frontier Flying Service, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Frontier Flying 
Service, Inc., to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a 
TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed on those aircraft. Grant, 9/14/
2004, Exemption No. 8402.

    Docket No.: FAA-2004-19099.
    Petitioner: Cottonwood Aviation, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Cottonwood 
Aviation, Inc., to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a 
TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed on those aircraft. Grant, 9/14/
2004, Exemption No. 8403.

    Docket No.: FAA-2004-18995.
    Petitioner: Crystal Shamrock.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Crystal 
Shamrock to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 
(Mode S) transponder installed on those aircraft. Grant, 9/17/2004, 
Exemption No. 8406.


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    Docket No.: FAA-2003-14204.
    Petitioner: Abilene Aero, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Abilene Aero, 
Inc., to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 
(Mode S) transponder installed on those aircraft. Grant, 9/17/2004, 
Exemption No. 7948B.

    Docket No.: FAA-2000-8338.
    Petitioner: Tatonduk Outfitters Limited d.b.a. Everts Air Alaska.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Tatonduk 
Outfitters Limited d.b.a. Everts Air Alaska to operate certain aircraft 
under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed on 
those aircraft. Grant, 9/16/2004, Exemption No. 7403C.

    Docket No.: FAA-2003-14279.
    Petitioner: South Aero, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit South Aero, 
Inc., to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 
(Mode S) transponder installed on those aircraft. Grant, 09/16/2004, 
Exemption No. 7985A.

    Docket No.: FAA-2002-12484.
    Petitioner: Dynamic Aviation.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 137.53(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Dynamic 
Aviation an amendment to Exemption No. 7827C that will allow Dynamic 
Aviation pilots to operate additional aircraft. Grant, 9/15/2004, 
Exemption No. 7827D.

    Docket No.: FAA-2001-11090.
    Petitioner: Army Aviation Heritage Foundation.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 91.319, 119.5(g), and 119.25.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit an extension of 
Exemption No. 7736 to the Army Aviation Heritage Foundation (AAHF), 
which will allow them to operate its former military UH-1H helicopter 
for the purpose of carrying passengers on local educational flights, 
subject to revised conditions and limitations. Grant, 9/16/2004, 
Exemption No. 7736C.

    Docket No.: FAA-2004-19071.
    Petitioner: Mr. Daryl Baker.
    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 Mr. Daryl Baker 
to conduct local sightseeing flights at the Windham Airport, 
Willimantic, Connecticut, between September 25, and October 10, 2004, 
for compensation or hire, without complying with certain anti-drug and 
alcohol misuse prevention requirements of part 135, subject to certain 
conditions and limitations. Grant, 9/20/2004, Exemption No. 8407.

    Docket No.: FAA-2004-19006.
    Petitioner: Traffic Management Corporation.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 125.224.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Traffic 
Management Corporation to operate two leased L-188 Electra aircraft 
without a Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System II and the 
appropriate Mode S transponder for a period of 1-year, because of 
economic hardship endured since the terrorist attack of September 11, 
2001. Denial, 9/16/2004, Exemption No. 8408.

    Docket No.: FAA-2004-19004.
    Petitioner: Zantop International Airlines, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 121.356.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Zantop 
International Airlines, Inc., to operate certain aircraft without a 
Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System II and the appropriate 
Mode S transponder for a period of 1-year, because of economic hardship 
endured since the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001. Denial, 9/16/
2004, Exemption No. 8409.

    Docket No.: FAA-2000-8100.
    Petitioner: Northwest Airlines, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 121.440(a) and SFAR 68, section 
6(b)(3)(ii)(A).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Northwest 
Airlines, Inc., an amendment to Exemption No. 5815, that will enable 
them to meet line check requirements using an alternative line check 
program, subject to revised conditions and limitations. Grant, 9/16/
2004, Exemption No. 5815F.

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