AFS-10-158-E 

March 8, 2010 

 Exemption No. 10023 

 Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2010-0180 

Mr. Bill Sterling 

Commercial Pilot and Flight Instructor 

1511 River Hill Drive 

Prosper, TX 75078-8735 

Dear Mr. Sterling: 

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 

By letter dated February 11, 2010, you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 

for an exemption from § 91.109(a) and (b)(3) of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations 

(14 CFR). That exemption, if granted, would allow you to conduct certain flight instruction 

in Baron, Beechcraft Bonanza, Debonair, and Travel Air aircraft equipped with a functioning 

throwover wheel instead of functioning dual controls. 

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 you. 

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. 6156, as amended (copy 

enclosed), the FAA found that Mr. Geitz was an experienced flight instructor with many years 

of instruction using a throwover control wheel. Also, Mr. Geitz narrowed the request in the 

petition to allow him to provide flight training to meet recency of experience requirements for 

rated pilots only. 
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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 Mr. Bill Sterling an exemption from 14 CFR § 91.109(a) 

and (b)(3) to the extent necessary to allow you to conduct certain flight instruction in Baron, 

Beechcraft Bonanza, Debonair, and Travel Air aircraft equipped with a functioning throwover 

wheel instead of functioning dual controls, subject to the conditions and limitations described 

below. 

Conditions and Limitations 

1. Operations under this exemption are limited to flights for completion of the flight 

review required by § 61.56 and for accomplishing recency of experience as 

required by § 61.57. 

2. Operations under this exemption are limited to Baron, Beechcraft Bonanza, 

Debonair, or Travel Air airplanes equipped with a functioning throwover wheel 

and operable rudder pedals, in lieu of functioning dual controls. 

3. The pilot manipulating the controls under the terms of this exemption must be 

qualified in every respect to serve as pilot in command (PIC) of the airplane 

during the entire flight. While operating under this exemption, the pilot seated in 

the left seat must at all times serve as and remain PIC as defined in 14 CFR § 1.1. 

The PIC must agree to the provisions of this exemption. 

4. While serving as flight instructor under the terms of this exemption, Mr. Sterling 

must: 

a. Notwithstanding Condition No. 5 below, be otherwise fully qualified to serve 

as PIC and flight instructor in the airplane involved, as required by 14 CFR 

 § 61.195(b) and (f); and 

b. Have given at least 25 hours of dual instruction in the airplane involved. 
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5. Mr. Sterling when serving as the flight instructor under the conditions of this 

exemption, and the PIC must agree that the proposed flight, under the conditions 

in evidence at the time of proposed flight, can be conducted safely. 

This exemption terminates on March 31, 2013, unless sooner superseded or rescinded. 

Sincerely, 

/s/ 

John W. McGraw 

Acting Director, Flight Standards 

 Service 

Enclosure