AIR-15-192-E

December 30, 2014

Exemption No. 5019L

Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2000-8177

Mr. Bill Fischer

Executive Director

Experimental Aircraft Association, Warbirds of America

P.O. Box 3086

Oshkosh, WI 54903

Dear Mr. Fischer:

This letter is to inform you that we have granted your petition to extend Exemption No. 5019, 

as amended. This letter also explains the basis for our decision and describes its effect.

The Basis for Our Decision

By letter dated November 19, 2014, you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration 

(FAA) on behalf of Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) and the Commemorative Air 

Force (CAF) for an extension of Exemption No. 5019, as amended. That exemption from 

§§ 45.25 and 45.29 of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations allows members of the EAA and 

the CAF to operate historic military aircraft with registration marks that are smaller than those 

required by the regulations.

In your petition, you indicate 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. Any delay in acting on this petition may be detrimental to EAA.
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Our Decision

The FAA has determined the justification for the issuance of Exemption No. 5019, 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, I grant your petition to allow members of the EAA and the 

CAF to operate historic military aircraft with registration marks that are smaller than those 

required by the regulations subject to the conditions and limitations below.

Conditions and Limitations 

1. For the exemption to be applicable to a particular aircraft, the owner must be a 

member of CAF or EAA and qualified to use the exemption according to the 

procedures that CAF and EAA establishes to implement this exemption.

2. A copy of the exemption and the documentation provided by CAF and EAA to 

each member who requests use of the exemption shall be kept in the aircraft and 

provided to the FAA upon request by the operator of the aircraft.

3. CAF and EAA shall maintain updated records for each member utilizing the 

exemption, including, for each aircraft, a photograph showing the historic paint 

scheme, the aircraft model and serial number, and the civil registration number

(N-number.) CAF and EAA shall provide a duplicate of this information for each 

aircraft, and a certification that, in the opinion of CAF and EAA, the aircraft is 

painted with an authentic military paint scheme to the FAA Airmen and Aircraft 

Registry office, Aircraft Registration Branch, AAC-250, P.O. Box 25082, 

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73125. The exemption shall not be valid for a 

particular aircraft until the information is received by the FAA. 

4. The records established by CAF and EAA shall provide for evaluation of each 

application to ensure that the aircraft utilizing the exemption have what CAF and 

EAA determine to be authentic military paint schemes. Each aircraft covered by 

the exemption must be a make and model actually used by the military, or the 

civilian model, that is 20 years or older, painted in the military scheme.

5. CAF and EAAs records shall provide for re-application and qualification in the 

event of transfer of aircraft title or change to the military paint scheme; it shall also 

provide for notifying the FAA of any persons who have abused the exemption or 

failed to comply with its provisions, so that the FAA may act to terminate the 

exemption with respect to that person. 
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The Effect of Our Decision

Our decision extends the termination date of Exemption No. 5019, as amended, to 

February 28, 2019, unless sooner superseded or rescinded. 

This letter must be attached to, and is a part of, Exemption No. 5019, as amended.

Sincerely,

/s/

Dorenda D. Baker

Director, Aircraft Certification Service