Order 2012

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Served: August 31, 2012

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Issued by the Department of Transportation

on the 31 st day of August , 20 1 2

In the matter of the cancellation of the Air Taxi authority

issued to

VIH COUGAR HELICOPTE RS, INC.

p ursuant to the provisions of 14 CFR 298.24 Docket DOT

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- 20 1 2

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ORDER

By Order 2 012

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Cougar , Inc. (“VIH Cougar”)

, pertaining to the restructuring that it has undertaken in response to

our Show Cause Order tentatively finding that it was under the actual control of Mr. Kenneth

Norie, a Canadian citizens

, and his affilia ted companies, (hereinafter, collectively referred to as

“VIH Group”) . A mong other things, we requested information concerning VIH Cougar’s new

majority owner and the relationship of its new owner and several additional key personnel to

VIH Group

, and dir ected that VIH Cougar provide its response within 14 days.

On August 28 , 2012, VIH Cougar filed a motion pursu ant to Rule 9 (14 CFR 302.9) requesting a

14 day extension of time to provide its respon se to Order 2012

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. VIH Cougar states that the

Department’s request requires the production of multiple documents and the response of several

of VIH Cougar’s key personnel and contends that

, given the prior commitment s and traveling

arrangements of several of the key personnel re quired to provide information responsive to the

Department’s order

, it would be unable to response with i n the 14 days permitted by our order

. Moreover, VIH Cougar asserts that its request for a 14 day extension of time is reasonable and

will not materiall y delay the proceeding.

DECISSION

We find that good cause exist s, and will therefore grant VIH Cougar’s request for a 14 day

extension of time to respond to Order 2012

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expiration of the answer period on VIH Cougar’s motion for an ex tension

, we do not believe that

VIH Cougar’s request will materially delay these proceedings or that any party would be

prejudice d by granting VIH Cougar’s request

. This action should provide VIH Cougar adequate

time to respo nd to our order requesting additional information. Therefore, absent clear and

co mpel l ing circumstances demonstrating good cause

, we do not intend to grant any further

extensions of time for VIH Cougar to provide its respon se to Order 2012

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ACCORDIN GLY,

1. We grant VIH Cougar ’ s Motion of August 28, 2012, requesting an additional 14 days to

respond to Order 2012

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. We will serve a copy of this order on the persons listed in Attachment A.

By:

TODD M. HOMAN

Director

Office of Aviation Analysis

An electronic version of this document is available on the World Wide Web at:

http://www.regulations.govAttachment A

SERVICE LIST FOR

VIH COUGAR HELICOPTERS , INC.

DAVID M NADLER

DAVID Y YANG

ANDREW A SMITH

COUNSEL TO VIH COUGAR

HELICOPTERS INC

DICKSTEIN SHAPIRO LLP

1825 EYE STREET NW

WASHINGTON DC 20006

- 5403 PETER LYNCH AGC

- 300

ASST CHIEF COUNSEL FOR ENFORCEMENT

FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

800 INDEPENDENCE AVE SW

WASHINGTON DC 20591

WILLIAM J WEBER

CERTIFICATION SECTION MANAGER

FAA AFS

- 900

45005 AVIATION DRIVE SUITE 131

DULLES VA 20166 CHRISTOPHER TURNER

PRESIDENT

VIH COUGAR HELICOPTERS INC

PO BOX 872

BELLINGHAM WASHINGTON 98227

ROY HARDIE

AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTOR

FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION JONATHAN BLANK

JOHN LONGSTRETH

TIM HOBBS

K & L GATES LLP

1601 K STREET NW

WASHINGTON DC 2006