Terry Urban

211 Cherryview Drive Portage, Michigan trurban@hotmail.com 269

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- 8160 Specific Exemption Requested This letter is my petition for a n exemption from FAA Order 8900.2 Change 1 Effective Date 8/16/10, General Aviation Airman Designee Handbook. Specifically I request an exemption Chapter 6, Section 1, Paragraph 1, subparagraph b.(2). This is under the “Technical Personnel Examiner Program, General , Additional Requirements for Appointment”, “For Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner (DPRE) Appointment”. Subparagraph (2) states as an additional requirement “Held a valid master parachute rigger certificate for 2 years with the rating(s) for which the managing FAA office will issue a designation. I request an exemption from the 2 year requirement to allow Lap type, added to my Master Parachute Rigger certificate March 2, 2011, to be added to my Authorized Functions immediately

. Public Benefit This exe mption will allow additional riggers to be tested for the Lap Rating for their Parachute Rigger Certificate. This will allow Aerosports USA, Inc. to market their newly designed, approved lap type emergency parachute. This parachute will provide an additi onal option for the use of this safety device in appropriate aircraft. Specifically this will provide an either an additional safety option or the only safety option for side stick control aircraft with limited seat adjustment that make it difficult to us e either a back or seat type emergency parachute. Safety Granting this exemption will not adversely affect safety. I am a consultant to AeroSports USA, Inc., the manufacturer of a newly introduced lap parachute. The first production item of this TSO’d la p parachute was produced in January 2011 and was used for my practical examination for my additional rating. I assisted the manufacturer, Jerry Baumchen, with the design the container and harness, determination of the packing method, and writing the manua l for this parachute. I evaluated several prototypes for Jerry during the design of this version of his container. The photos in the manual illustrating the packing method for this container were taken by me in my facility while I packed the lap parachut e. I am one of three designers listed in the manual

. Other than one other FAA certificated rigger who packed the lap parachute twice for a demonstration under my guidance , I am the only rigger who has packed the production version of this parachute. Si nce adding the rating to my certificate I’ve begun to supervise other riggers in packing this parachute so they
ma y qualify for the rating. Many other riggers have expressed interest in obtaining the lap rating when testing is available. The lap parachute is very much like a seat parachute or a chest parachute in that it contains a round canopy and is packed in a very similar manner. In fact the lap parachute container produced byAeroSports, USA is being developed as both a chest container and a seat c ontainer with very little

modification. While my lap parac hute rating is recent I have held a chest rating since 1985 and a seat rating since app. 1992. I currently have 217 seat and 65 chest pack jobs logged. I also have a total of 546 round emergency/reserve parachute packs logged and I estimate I have pack approximately 500 round main parachutes. I believe this extensive round experience, along with my experience with parachute types which pack in a similar manner add to my qualifications for Lap to be added as an Authorized Function. Summary An exemption from FAA Order 8900.2 Change 1 Effective Date 8/16/10, General Aviation Airman Designee Handbook. Specifically I request an exemption Chapter 6, Section 1, Paragraph 1, subparagraph b.(2). This is under the “Technical Personnel Examiner Program, General, Additional Requirements for Appointment”, “For Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner (DPRE) Appointment”. Subparagraph (2) states as an additional requirement “Held a valid master parachute rigger certificate for 2 years with the rating(s) for which the managing FAA office will issue a designation. I request an exemption from the 2 year requirement to allow Lap type, added to my Master Parachute Rigger certificate March 2, 2011, to be added to my De signated Parachute Rigger Examiner Authorized Functions immediately

. Additional information. Attached is my initial request for an exemption or deviation that was submitted to my Principle Managing Inspector in September 2011. It includes additional det ails and information concerning this request.