AFS-16-13071-E July 21, 2016

Exemption No. 10588B Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2012-0406

Mr. Bill Fischer

Executive Director

EAA Warbirds of America 3000 Poberezny Road Oshkosh, WI 54903-3086

Dear Mr. Fischer:

This letter is to inform you that we have granted your petition to extend Exemption No. 10588, 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 June 20, 2016, you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on behalf of EAA Warbirds of America (EAA WOA) for an extension of Exemption No.10588, as amended. That exemption from § 91.531(a)(1) of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) allows EAA WOA to operate large ai rplanes that possess experimental certificates for the purpose of exhibition, and which have been designed with only one pilot station, without a pilot who is designated as se cond in command (SIC) of that airplane.

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 WOA.2

Our Decision

The FAA has determined that the justification for the issuance of Exemption No. 10588, 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 the Experimental Aircraft Association Warbirds of America (EAA WOA) relief from 14 CFR§ 91.531(a)(l) to the extent necessary to allow its members to operate large airplanes, that possess experimental certificates for the purpose of exhibition, without a pilot who is designated as second in command provided those aircraft: (1) were originally designed with only one pilot station; or (2) were originally designed with more than one pilot station (or a single pilot station and a required flight crewmember station) and were authorized by an armed force that operated the aircraft to be operated with only one pilot and no additional flight crewmember, subject to the following

conditions and limitations.

Conditions and Limitations

1. EAA WOA must maintain a current list of owners and operators conducting operations under the provisions of this exemption. Th e list must include the owner/operator’s name and address and the manufacturer, mode l, serial number, and registration number of the airplane being operated. This lis t must be made available to the FAA upon
request.

2. When exercising the privileges of this exem ption, the pilot of the airplane must have in his or her personal possession documentation indicating that he or she is currently a member of EAA WOA. This documentation must be presented when requested by a representative of the Administrator.

3. A copy of this exemption must be car ried aboard any airp lane operated under the provisions of this exemption wh en such operations are conducted.

4. The operating limitations for the airplane must not require a second flight crewmember.

5. The pilot in command (PIC) must have dem onstrated proficiency to operate the aircraft as a single pilot.

6. The airplane must not be in a configuration for whic h a second flight crewmember was required by an armed force that operated the aircraft.

7. Any operational limitations specified by th e airplane’s manufactu rer or imposed by an armed force to permit the operation of these airplanes with a single flight crewmember (e.g. military technical order) must be complied with.

8. This exemption does not provide relief fr om compliance with the provisions of any operating limitation issued pursuant to the provisions of 14 CFR § 91.319.3

The Effect of Our Decision

This exemption terminates on July 31, 2018, unless sooner superseded or rescinded.

Sincerely,

/s/

John Barbagallo Deputy Director, Flight Standards Service