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November 1, 2010 

'ARTMENTOF 

-NSPORTATION 

K.':T OPERATiONS 

U.S. Department of Transportation • •;] j'l y ~g A iO^ U I 

Docket Operations 

West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE. 

Wasliington, DC 20590 

Re: Request for Exemption / Special Authorization under 91.146 

To whom it may concern: 

Enclosed you will find a letter dated October 13, 2010 that I sent to the Boston FSDO. I was informed 

today that they did not have jurisdiction to grant the exemption / special authorization that I seek. The 

enclosed letter describes my request in detail. 

Please let me know whether this information is sufficient and will enable a ruling. 

Thank you very much, 

Alan Penzias// 
October 13, 2010 

Boston Flight Standards District Office 

One Cranberry Hill 

Fourth Floor, Suite 402 

Lexington, Massachusetts 02421 

Re: Request for Exemption / Special Authorization under 91.146: 

Passenger-carrying flights for the benefit of a charitable, nonprofit, or 

community event 

To Whom It May Concern: 

1 am writing to request an exemption / special authorization under 14 CFR 91.146: 

Passenger-carrying flights for the benefit of a charitable, nonprofit, or community 

event. 

[a) My name / contact info: Alan Penzias, 494 Washington Street, Dedham, MA 

02026; Certificate #: 3341657; Mobile: 617-721-5593; Home: 781-381-0147; 

e-mail: alan.penzias@bostonivf.com 

(h) I hope to offer a passenger carrying flight for the benefit of the American 

Fertility Association, a charitable, non-profit organization under 14 CFR 

91.146 

(c] The regulation states "The flight is nonstop and begins and ends at the same 

airport and is conducted within a 25-statute mile radius of that airport". I 

hope to offer a day VFR conditions flight for 4 passengers from either KHPN 

(White Plains, NY] or KFRG (Farmingdale, NY) (Both under airports covered 

by the Farmingdale FSDO] to KACK (Nantucket, MA] and back in one day, 

(d] This flight would be in the public interest because the funds raised would 

benefit the American Fertility Association, a non-profit, charitable 

organization. 

(e] This flight would not adversely affect safety for the following reasons: 

a. The flight would be conducted in N917MM, an EMB-500, Embraer 

Phenom 100 owned and operated by MMA Consulting, Inc. 

b. The flight would be conducted with two pilots: 

i. Alan Penzias: 1000+ hours 

Commercial Pilot: Airplane Single and Multiengine Land, 

Instrument Airplane, EMB-500 
ii. Neil Singer: 7000+hours 

Airline Transport Pilot: Airplane Multiengine Land, CE510S, 

CE525S, EMB-500 

Commercial Privileges: Airplane Single Engine Land and Sea; 

Glider 

Gold Seal Flight Instructor: Airplane Single and Multiengine, 

Instrument Airplane 

Ground Instructor: Advanced and Instrument 

c. The flight would be conducted during the day, under VFR conditions 

d. The two pilots have more than 40 hours logged flying this specific 

airplane together 

e. Both pilots have logged numerousiandings at HPN, FRG and ACK 

f. The Boston and Farmingdale FSDOs would be notified 7 days in 

advance of the flight 

Thank you for considering this request. I am happy to provide any additional 

information that you require. 

Sincerely, 

Alan Penziasi