AFS-14-154-E

March 11, 2014

 Exemption No. 10159B

 Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2001-9352

Patricia Deimer-Steineke

Manager, International Aerobatic Club (IAC)

Experimental Aircraft Association

P.O. Box 3086

Oshkosh, WI 54903

Dear Ms. Deimer-Steineke:

This letter is to inform you that we have granted your petition to extend Exemption No. 

10159, as amended. It explains the basis for our decision, describes its effect, and lists the 

conditions and limitations.

The Basis for Our Decision

By letter dated February 5, 2014, you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 

on behalf of International Aerobatic Club (IAC) for an extension of Exemption No.10159A, 

as amended, from §§ 91.151(a)(1) and 91.9(b) of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations 

(14 CFR). The exemption allows IAC members to carry less than the visual flight rules (VFR) 

fuel requirements under certain conditions and be exempted from carrying the aircraft flight 

manual during aerobatic competition and aerobatic practice flights.

In your petition, you indicate that there has been no change in the conditions and reasons 

relative to public interest and safety that were the basis for granting the original exemption.

The FAA has determined that good cause exists for not publishing a summary of the petition 

in the Federal Register because the requested extension of the exemption would not set a 

precedent, and any delay in acting on this petition would be detrimental to IAC.
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Our Decision

The FAA has determined that the justification for the issuance of Exemption No.10159, as 

amended, remains valid with respect to this exemption and is in the public interest. Therefore, 

under the authority provided by 49 U.S.C. §§ 106(f), 40113 and 44701, which the FAA 

Administrator has delegated to me, I grant International Aerobatic Club an extension of 

exemption No 10159, as amended, to continue to allow its members to participate in IAC 

events without meeting the fuel requirements for VFR and be exempted from § 91.9(b) 

requirement to carry the aircraft flight manual during aerobatic competitions and aerobatic 

practice flights, subject to the following conditions and limitations.

Conditions and Limitations

1. This exemption is applicable for flights conducted under daylight hours in VFR 

conditions only.

2. The exemption holder and IAC members shall comply with the requirements of an 

approved pilot operating handbook and/or aircraft flight manual concerning minimum 

fuel quantity during aerobatic flight.

3. This exemption applies only to members of the IAC when participating in IACsanctioned aerobatic competitions and practice sessions for that event, at the event site, 

and in the same location and conditions as the competition.

4. All flights must takeoff and land from the same airport with the appropriate aircraft 

flight manual readily available at that airport before takeoff and after landing.

5. Each IAC member participating in an IAC-sanctioned aerobatic competition must be 

given a formal briefing by the event sponsor on the provisions of this exemption.

The Effect of Our Decision

Our decision extends the termination date of Exemption No.10159, as amended, to 

June 30, 2016, unless sooner superseded or rescinded

Sincerely,

/s/

John Barbagallo

Acting Deputy Director, 

Flight Standards Services