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 Trav el 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.2

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.3

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