AFS-16-5344-E 

March 30, 2016 

 Exemption No. 10159C 

 Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2001-9352 

Ms. Patricia Deimer-Steineke 

Manager, International Aerobatic Club (IAC) 

Experimental Aircraft Association 

P.O. Box 3086 

Oshkosh, WI 54903 

Dear Ms. Deimer-Steineke: 

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

10159, as amended. 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 January 13, 2016, you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 

on behalf of the International Aerobatic Club (IAC) for an extension of Exemption 

No. 10159, as amended. That exemption from §§ 91.9(b) and 91.151(a)(1) of Title 14, Code 

of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) allows IAC members to carry less than the visual flight rules 

(VFR) fuel requirements under certain conditions and be exempted from carrying the aircraft 

flight manual during aerobatic competition and aerobatic practice flights. 

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 IAC. 
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Our Decision 

The FAA has determined that the justification for the issuance of Exemption No. 10159 

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, I grant the International Aerobatic Club (IAC) an exemption from 14 

CFR §§ 91.9(b) and 91.151(a)(1) to allow IAC members to carry less than the visual flight 

rules (VFR) fuel requirements under certain conditions and be exempted from carrying the 

aircraft flight manual during aerobatic competition and aerobatic practice flights, subject to 

the conditions and limitations listed below. 

Conditions and Limitations 

1. This exemption is applicable for flights conducted under daylight hours in VFR 

conditions only. 

2. IAC and IAC members shall comply with the requirements of an approved pilot 

operating handbook and/or aircraft flight manual concerning minimum fuel quantity 

during aerobatic flight. 

3. This exemption applies only to members of the IAC when participating in IACsanctioned aerobatic competitions and practice sessions for that event, at the event 

site, and in the same location and conditions as the competition. 

4. All flights must takeoff and land from the same airport with the appropriate aircraft 

flight manual readily available at that airport before takeoff and after landing. 

5. Each IAC member participating in an IAC-sanctioned aerobatic competition must be 

given a formal briefing by the event sponsor on the provisions of this exemption. 

The Effect of Our Decision 

Our decision extends the termination date of Exemption No. 10159, as amended, to June 30, 

2018, unless sooner superseded or rescinded. 

Sincerely, 

//s// 

John Barbagallo 

Deputy Director, Flight Standards Service