u.s. Deportment 

of Transportation 

Federal Aviation 

Administration 

MAR 1 6 2017 

Mr. Kreg Doerr 

Director, Aircraft Certification 

Row 44/Global Eagle Entertaimnent 

1050 Oak Creek Drive 

Lombard, IL 60148 

Dear Mr. Doerr: 

Transport Airplane Directorate 

1601 lind Avenue, S.W. 

Renton, Washington 98057-3356 

Exemption No. 11071 C 

Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2014-0402 

This letter is to inform you that we have amended exemption no. 11 071 . It explains the basis 

for our decision and describes its effect. 

Tbc Basis for Our Decision 

By letter dated February 17, 2017, Mr. Kreg Doerr, on behalf of Row 44/Global Eagle 

Entertainment (Row 44), petitioned the FAA to request a third extension to the time limit 

specified in exemption no. 11071 . That exemption provides time-limited relief from the 

requirements ofTitle 14, Code ofFederal Regulations (14 CFR) 25.571(e)(1) relating to 

bird-strike damage tolerance. 

Exemption no. 11071 allows the installation of satellite antenna radomes, which have not 

been shown to meet FAA bird-strike-damage tolerance requirements, on Boeing Model 

777-200 series airplanes. Exemption no. 11071 B extended the expiration date of exemption 

no. 11071 from September 22, 2016, to March 22, 2017. 

Your recent petition requests an additional 6-month extension to allow Row 44 time to 

complete the development of a full-compliance methodology, as indicated in exemption 

no. 11071. 

In your petition, you note that your project's supplemental type certificate (STC) was issued 

on December 18, 2014, and the updated analysis and testing required to show compliance to 

§ 25.57 1 (e)(1) has not been completed. Your petition states that Row 44 is currently in the 

final stages of Boeing Model 777-200 airplane radome testing and analysis. The petition 

further states that, due to interpretation of the results generated, Row 44 believes that an 

additional data point/data set is required to complete the analysis package to ensure 
compliance. and that an extension will allow Row 44 to complete the required testing and 

documentation to support certification of the design to§ 25.571 (c)( I). 

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The FAA acknowledges that you have made progress toward full compliance with the 

requirements of§ 25.57 1 (e)( 1) as they relate to bird-strike damage tolerance for the Row 44 

satellite antenna radome install ation. 

Other than requesting an extended time-limit deadline, your petition includes no request for 

substantive change in the conditions. nor in the reasons relati ve to public interest and safety. 

which were the basis for granting the ori ginal exemption. 

Federal Register Publication 

The FAA has dete rmined that good cause exists for not publishing a summary of the petition 

in the Federal Register for public comment because the requested amendment to the 

exemption would not set a precedent, and any delay in acting on this petition would be 

detrimenta l to Row 44 operations. 

Our Decision 

The FAA has determined that the justification for the issuance of exemption no. 11071 

remains valid with respect to this amendment and is in the public interest. We are granting 

an extension until September 22. 2017. 

Accordingly, the FAA amends the last paragraph of exemption no. II 071 to read as follows: 

This exemption extension termi nates September 22, 2017, unless sooner superseded 

or resc inded. On or prior to that date. Row 44 must demonstrate full compliance to 

the bird-strike requirements of§ 25.57 1 (e)(l ). or the atiected STC becomes void. 

Therefore. under the authority provided by 49 U.S.C. 40113 and 44 70 L which the FAA 

Administrator has delegated to me. 1 grant Rov 44 an extension of time-limited exemption. 

as described in the paragraph above. 

The Effect of Our Decision 

All other conditions and limitations of exemption no. 11071 remain the same. This letter 

must be attached to. and is a part of, exemptio n no. 11071. 

Sincerel y. 

Dionne Palermo 

Acting Manager, Transport Airplane Directorate 

Aircraft Certification Service