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- E May 02, 2013 Exemption No. 10283 A Regulatory Docket No. FAA

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Mr. Rory Kelleher Counsel for Israel Aerospace Industries, LTD

Sid l ey Austin, LLP

787 Seventh Avenue New York, NY 10019

Dear Mr. Kelleher :

This letter is to inform you that we have granted your petition to extend Exemption No. 10283. It explains the basis for our decision, describes its effect, and lists the conditions and

limitations

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The Basis for Our Decision

By letter dated February 22, 2 01 3 , you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

on behalf of Israel Aerospace Industries, LTD (IAI ) for an extension of Exemption No. 10283

. That exemption from §§ 61.77(a) and 63.23(a) of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) allows IAI to obtain special purpose authorizations for flight crewmembers, flight engineers, and flight navigators in order to perform the following flights of U.S. Registered 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 f or its

U.S. and international customers.

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

stations.2

In your petition, you indicate that there has been no change in the conditions and reasons relative to publi c interest and safety that were the basis for granting the original exemption.

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, an d any delay in acting on this petition would be detrimental to IAI

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Our Decision

The FAA has determined that the justification for the issuance of Exemption No. 10283 remains valid with respect to this exemption and is in the public interest. Therefore, under the authority provided by 49 U.S.C. 40113 and 44701, which the FAA Administrator has delegated to me, I grant your petition, subject to the following conditions and limitations.

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 navigator license that has been issued by the Israel

Civil A viation A uthority or contracting State to the Convention on International Civil Aviation from which the perso n 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 exerc ising 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 othe r countries for its U.S. and international customers ;

c. Test and acceptance flights of U.S.

- registered aircraft being delivered by IAI

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or its U.S. and international customers ; and

d. Ferry, delivery, and acceptance flights for its customers from IAI’s part 1 45 repair stations.

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

4. Each assigned flight engineer or flight navigator crewmember must hold a valid and current foreign medica l authorization issued 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 licen se 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 navigators 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 V erification of Authenticity letter from FAA Airmen Certification Branch, AFS

- 760, P.O. Box 25082, Oklahoma City,

Oklahoma 7312 5

- 0082. The purpose of the V erification of Authenticity is to verify each person’s foreign pilot, flight engineer, or flight navigator licenses and medical 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 Aviation Plaz a, 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 engineer, or flight navigator who will be allowed to exercise the p rivileges 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 engineer, 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

p erson’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; and4

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 privi leges are needed, and instrument recency in a multiengine airplane if instrument proficiency is needed].

T his exemption terminates on June 30

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, unless sooner superseded or rescinded.

Sincerely,

/s/

John S. Duncan Deputy Director, F l ight Standards

Service