AFS-14-495-E 

October 14, 2014 

 Exemption No. 8828D 

 Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2006-24262 

Mr. Johnathan Harger 

Government Advocacy Specialist 

Experimental Aircraft Association 

P.O. Box 3086 

Oshkosh, WI 54903 

Dear Mr. Harger: 

This letter is to inform you that we have granted your petition to extend Exemption No. 8828, 

as amended. It explains the basis for our decision, describes its effect, conditions and 

limitations. 

The Basis for Our Decision 

By letter dated September 17, 2014, you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration 

(FAA) on behalf of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) for an extension of 

Exemption No. 8828, as amended. That exemption from § 61.415(b)(1) of Title 14, Code of 

Federal Regulations allows members of EAA who are certificated flight instructors with a 

sport pilot rating to provide ground training, flight training, and logbook endorsements for a 

private pilot certificate with a powered parachute or weight-shift-control aircraft rating 

without holding the applicable category and class rating on at least a private pilot certificate. 

In your petition, you indicate that there has been no change in the conditions and reasons 

relative to public 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 extension of the exemption would not set a 

precedent, and any delay in acting on this petition would be detrimental to EAA. 
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Our Decision 

The FAA has determined that the justification for the issuance of Exemption No. 8828, as 

amended, remains valid with respect to this exemption and is in the public interest. 

Therefore, under the authority provided by 49 U.S.C. §§ 106(f), 40113, and 44701, which the 

FAA Administrator has delegated to me, the Experimental Aircraft Association is granted an 

extension to its petition which allows members of EAA who are certificated flight instructors 

with a sport pilot rating to provide ground training, flight training, and logbook endorsements 

for a private pilot certificate with a powered parachute or weight-shift-control aircraft rating 

without holding the applicable category and class rating on at least a private pilot certificate, 

subject to the conditions and limitations listed below. 

Conditions and Limitations 

1. No certificated flight instructor with a sport pilot rating may provide ground training, 

flight training, or a logbook endorsement for a private pilot certificate with a powered 

parachute or a weight-shift-control aircraft rating unless that person holds at least a 

private pilot certificate with the corresponding powered parachute or weight-shiftcontrol aircraft privileges at the sport pilot certificate level. 

2. The EAA must maintain a list of those member flight instructors exercising the 

privileges of this exemption. 

3. Any flight instructor exercising the privileges of this exemption must maintain a copy 

of this exemption in his/her physical possession while exercising its privileges. 

4. Any flight instructor who provides a person with an endorsement under the provisions 

of this exemption must provide the person receiving the endorsement with a copy of 

this exemption and evidence that he or she is a member of the EAA authorized to 

exercise the privileges of this exemption. 

5. Any flight instructor exercising the privileges of this exemption who signs the 

instructor recommendation block of FAA Form 8710-11, Airman Certificate and/or 

Rating Application-Sport Pilot, must attach the following to the applications: 

a. A copy of this exemption; and 

b. Evidence that he or she is a member of the EAA authorized to exercise the 

privileges of this exemption. 
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This exemption terminates on January 31, 2017, unless sooner superseded or rescinded. 

Sincerely, 

/s/ 

John Barbagallo 

Acting Deputy Director, Flight Standards Service