AFS-11-316-E June 7, 2011 Exemption No. 10283 Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2000-8533

Mr. Rory Kelleher Counsel for Israel Aerospace Industries, LTD Sidney Austin, LLP
787 Seventh Avenue New York, NY 10019

Dear Mr. Kelleher:

This letter is to inform you that we have granted your request for exemption. It transmits our decision, explains its basis, and gives you the conditions and limitations of the exemption, including the date it ends.

The Basis for Our Decision

On May 17, 2011, you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on behalf of Israel Aerospace Industries, LTD (IAI), for an extension of Exemption No. 7406, as amended. That exemption from §§ 61.77(a) and 63.23(a) of T itle 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) allowed IAI to obtain special purpose authorizations for flight crewmembers, flight engineers, and flight navigators in order to perform the following flights of aircraft being delivered by IAI from its facilities within Israel, the United States, and at a number of locations throughout the world for IAI’s U.S. and international customers:

1. Ferry/delivery flights of U.S.-registered aircraft being delivered by IAI from Israel
to the United States for its U.S. and international customers.

2. Ferry/delivery flights of U.S.-registered aircraft being delivered by IAI from Israel
to other countries for its U.S. and international customers.

3. Test and acceptance flights of U.S.-registered aircraft being delivered by IAI from
its U.S. and international customers.

4. Ferry, delivery, and acceptance flights for its customers from IAI’s part 145 repair
stations.2

That exemption, however, expired on March 31, 2011; therefore, we will treat your request as a new petition.

The FAA has determined that good cause exists for not publishing a summary of the petition
in the Federal Register because the requested exemption would not set a precedent, and any delay in acting on this petition would be detrimental to IAI.

The FAA has issued a grant of exemption in circumstances similar in all material respects to those presented in your petition. In Grant of Exemption No. 7406 (copy enclosed), the FAA found that the petitioner is unique from the general class of persons and found that a grant of exemption would be appropriate and would not adversely affect safety, subject to certain
conditions.

Having reviewed your reasons for requesting an exemption, I find that—

 they do not differ materially from those presented by the petitioner in the enclosed grant of exemption;

 the reasons stated by the FAA for granting the enclosed exemption also apply to the situation you present; and

 a grant of exemption is in the public interest.

Our Decision

Under the authority contained in 49 U.S.C. 40113 and 44701, which the FAA Administrator has delegated to me, I hereby grant Israel Aerospace Industries, LTD, an exemption from 14 CFR §§ 61.77(a) and 63.23(a) to the extent necessary to allow IAI to obtain special purpose authorizations for flight crewmembers, fli ght engineers, and flight navigators in order to perform the following flights of aircraft being delivered by IAI from its facilities within Israel, the United States, and at a number of locations throughout the world for IAI’s U.S. and
international customers:

1. Ferry/delivery flights of U.S.-registered aircraft being delivered by IAI from Israel
to the United States for its U.S. and international customers.

2. Ferry/delivery flights of U.S.-registered aircraft being delivered by IAI from Israel
to other countries for its U.S. and international customers.

3. Test and acceptance flights of U.S.-registered aircraft being delivered by IAI from
its U.S. and international customers.

4. Ferry, delivery, and acceptance flights for its customers from IAI’s part 145 repair
stations.

Subject to the conditions and limitations described below.3

Conditions and Limitations
1. Each assigned pilot, flight engineer, and f light navigator must hold a valid and current Israel pilot, flight engineer, or flight naviga tor license that has been issued by the Israel civil aviation authority or contracting State to the Convention on International Civil Aviation from which the person holds citizenship or resident status. For IAI pilots subject to this exemption, that license must contain the appropriate airplane category rating, multiengine land class rating, instrument-airplane rating, and the airplane type rating for a pilot exercising the privileges of his or her pilot license under the terms of this exemption. For IAI flight engineers and flight navigators, that license must authorize that person to perform the flight engineer or flight navigator duties.

2. This grant of exemption applies to:

a. Ferry/delivery flights of U.S.-registered aircraft being delivered by IAI from Israel to the United States for its U.S. and international customers;

b. Ferry/delivery flights of U.S.-registered aircraft being delivered by IAI from Israel to other countries for its U.S. and international customers;

c. Test and acceptance flights of U.S.-registered aircraft being delivered by IAI from its U.S. and international customers; and

d. Ferry, delivery, and acceptance flights for its customers from IAI’s part 145 repair stations.

3. Each assigned pilot crewmember must hold a valid and current foreign medical authorization that has been issued by an aerona utical authority of a contracting State to the Convention on International Civil Aviation from which the person holds citizenship or resident status when that crewmember exercises the privileges of his or her pilot license under the terms of this exemption.

4. Each assigned flight engineer or flight navigator crewmember must hold a valid and current foreign medical authorization i ssued by the aeronautical authority of a contracting State to the Convention on International Civil Aviation from which the person holds citizenship or resident status when that crewmember exercises the privileges of his or her pilot license under the terms of this exemption.

5. The carriage of persons or property for compensation or hire is not permitted under the terms of this exemption.

6. Pilots, flight engineers, and flight navigato rs who operate under the terms of this grant of exemption for IAI must apply initially for their special purpose pilot, flight engineer, or flight navigator authorization by requesting a Verification of Authenticity letter
from FAA Airmen Certification Bran ch, AFS-760, P.O. Box 25082, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73125-0082. The purpose of the Verification of Authenticity is to verify each person’s foreign pilot, flight engineer , or flight navigator licenses and medical4

authorizations that IAI intends to use as pilots, flight engineers, or flight navigators under the terms of this grant of exemption. For information concerning the procedures for applying for a Verification of Authenticity letter from the FAA’s Airmen Certification Branch, AFS-760, you should log onto the following Web site at:

http://www.faa.gov/licenses_certificates/ airmen_certification/foreign_license_verification/

7. IAI must furnish the following documentation to the FAA New York International Field Office-EA29 [located at 1 Aviati on Plaza, Jamaica, New York 11434; office telephone: (718) 995-5496 ; fax telephone: (718) 553-0604] before commencing operations under the terms of this exemption:

a. The name of each pilot, flight engin eer, or flight navigator who will be allowed to exercise the privileges of this exemption;

b. Documentation that shows the pilot, flight engineer, or flight navigator has satisfactorily accomplished the required ground and flight training that qualifies that crewmember to perform his or her assigned pilot duties for the type of airplane being flown;

c. Photocopies of each pilot, flight engin eer, or flight navigator crewmember’s
license and medical authorization that shows the crewmember meets the pilot certification standards and medical standards for the issuance of that person’s foreign pilot, flight engineer, or flight navigator license from the aeronautical authority of the contracting State to the Convention on International Civil Aviation where the applicant holds citizenship or resident status; and

d. Documentation that shows the pilot crewmembers have met the recent flight experience requirements of § 61.57(a), (b), and (c) [ i.e. , daytime takeoff and landing recency in the type of airplane, nighttime takeoff and landing recency in the type of airplane if night time privileges are needed, and instrument recency in a multiengine airplane if instrument proficiency is needed].5

This exemption terminates on June 30, 2013, unless sooner superseded or rescinded.

Sincerely,

/s/
John W. McGraw Acting Director, Flight Standards
Service

Enclosure