AFS-11-054-E 

Jan 10 2011 

 Exemption No. 8828B 

 Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2006-24262 

Mr. David Oord 

Government & Advocacy Specialist 

Experimental Aircraft Association 

P.O. Box 3086 

Oshkosh, WI 54903-3086 

Dear Mr. Oord: 

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 and describes its effect. 

The Basis for Our Decision 

By letter dated November 18, 2010, 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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In your petition, you request that this exemption be extended for a 4-year period. The FAA, 

however, finds it in the best interest of safety to review this exemption every 2 years. This 

allows us to ensure that there has been no change in circumstances or regulations from which 

the exemption is granted. 

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. 40113 and 44701, which the FAA 

Administrator has delegated to me, I grant your petition, 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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The Effect of Our Decision 

Our decision extends the termination date of Exemption No. 8828, as amended to 

January 31, 2013, unless sooner superseded or rescinded. 

Sincerely, 

/s/ 

Raymond Towles 

Acting Director, Flight Standards 

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