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Maverick Airstar LLC requests that you extend our current exemption: No:10645, Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2011-1050 from 14 CFR 93.323. Maverick Airstar LLC continues to operate under the guidelines from our original request, dated; September 21, 2011. Thank you for your consideration ofthis request. Ifyou have any additional questions, please contact me by phone: 626-252-5647 or email: barrnenta@flymaverick.com Sincerely,

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### I 928.638.2622September 21, 2011 Mr. Martin F. Kay Principle Operations Inspector LAS FSDO 7181 Amigo St., Ste. 180 Las Vegas, NV 89119 Dear Mr. Kay, 

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MaverickAirstar, LLC requests an exemption from Title 14 CFR Part 93.323 which requires the filing ofa flight plan priorto conducting operations in thevicinity ofthe Grand Canyon National Park (GCNP) and an exemption from the "LAS FSDO Grand Canyon National Park Special Flight Rules Area Procedures Manual" chapter 1, section 1.13 page 1-16 which requires aVFR flight plan be filed with an FAA Flight Service Station priorto conducting a commercial SFRA operation. Maverick Airstar requests thatthe exemptions be granted until the referenced documents are revised or rescinded. MaverickAirstarwill continue to comply with all other requirement ofthe referenced documents includingthe quarterly reporting requirement. The reasons Maverick Airstar is seeking the exemptions are as follows: 1. The filing offlight plans priorto operation within the GCNP SFRA is required for allocation use auditing and notfor safety offlight orflight locating reasons. 2. Flight locating and flight following is done within the company as per section 4-2 ofour General Operations Manual and is in compliance with FAR Part 135 requirements. 3. Our demonstrated method ofquarterly allocation use reporting, verification and audit options provides for adequate oversight bythe responsible agency. 4. The filing ofpre-flight flight plans each hour is a duplication ofthe information contained in the quarterly GCNP operations reports and is much less accurate as the planned flights often change afterthe filing ofthe report. 5. By notfaxing or emailing the hourlyflight plans to a FSS, it would lessen the burden on FSS personnel and allow them to be more effective attheir primarytasks offlight following and disseminatingweather information. Thank you for your consideration ofthis request and ifyou have any additional questions, please contact me by phone: 928-638-2622 or email: shall@flymaverick.com
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### October 11, 2012

Mr. Stephen Hall Director ofOperations Maverick Airstar, LLC P.O. Box 3297 Grand Canyon, 

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### Mr. Hall: Exemption No. 10645 800 Independence Ave
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### Regulatory DocketNo. FAA-2011-1050

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 ofthe exemption, including the date it ends. The Basis for 

### Our Decision By letter dated September 21, 2011, you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on behalfofMaverickAirstar, LLC (Maverick Airstar) for an exemption from 

### § 93.323 ofTitle 14, Code ofFederal Regulations (14 CFR). That exemption, ifgranted, would relieve Maverick Airstar from the requirement to file a flight plan prior to conducting operations in the Grand Canyon National Park (GCNP) Special Flight Rules Area. The FAA has determined that good cause exists for notpublishing a summary ofthe petition 

### in the Federal Register because the requested exemption would not set a precedent, and any delay in acting on thispetition would be detrimental to Maverick Airstar. The FAA has issued a grants ofexemption in circumstances similar in all material respects to those presented in yourpetition. 

### In Grant ofExemptionNo. 10615 (copy enclosed), the FAA found that the filing ofindividual flight plans by Sundance Helicopters for each ofits many thousands ofannual air tour flight operations over the Grand Canyon results in an extremely large workload for Sundance Helicopters and for the flight service station (FSS) that receives them. Continued processing ofthose administrative flight plans now incurs significant costs AFS-12-019-E

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2 to both Sundance Helicopters and to the Federal Governmentwithoutbenefit. Inthe interim, the FAA has implemented more effective efficient alternate methods ofauditing allocation compliance. The FAA finds that it is in the public interest to reduce this paperwork burden to both Sundance Helicopters and to the FSS. Having reviewed yourreasons for requesting an exemption, I find that- • they are similar in all material respects to reliefpreviouslyrequested in the enclosed Grant ofExemptionNo. 10615; • the reasons stated bythe FAA for granting the enclosed Grant ofExemption No. 10615 also apply to the situation you present; and • a grant ofexemption is in the public interest. 

### OurDecision Underthe authority contained in 49 U.S.C. 40113 and 44701, which the FAA Administrator has delegated to me, I hereby grantMaverick Airstar, LLC an exemption from 14 CFR § 93.323 to the extent necessaryto relieve Maverick Airstar from the requirement to file a flight planprior to conducting operations in the Grand Canyon National Park Special FlightRules Area. This exemption terminates on September 30, 2014, unless sooner superseded orrescinded. Sincerely, 

### Is/ John S. Duncan DeputyDirector, Flight Standards

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