[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 4, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28255-28256]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-13945]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE-96-26]


Petitions for Exemption: Summary of Petitions Received; 
Dispositions of Petitions Issued

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of petitions for exemption received and of dispositions 
of prior petitions.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to FAA's rulemaking provisions governing the 
application, processing, and disposition of petitions for exemption (14 
CFR Part 11), this notice contains a summary of certain petitions 
seeking relief from specified requirements of the Federal Aviation 
Regulations (14 CFR Chapter I), dispositions of certain petitions 
previously received, and corrections. The purpose of this notice is to 
improve the public's awareness of, and participation in, this aspect of 
FAA's regulatory activities. Neither publication of this notice nor the 
inclusion or omission of information in the summary is intended to 
affect the legal status of any petition or its final disposition.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on any petition in triplicate to: Federal 
Aviation Administration, Office of the Chief Counsel, Attn: Rule Docket 
(AGC-200), Petition Docket No. ______, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Washington, D.C. 20591.
    Comments may also be sent electronically to the following internet 
address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f39d83819e909e8780b39e929a9fdd9b82dd959292dd949c85"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="402e30322d232d3433002d21292c6e28316e2621216e272f36">[email protected]</span></a>.
    The petition, any comments received, and a copy of any final 
disposition are filed in the assigned regulatory docket and are 
available for examination in the Rules Docket (AGC-200), Room 915G, FAA 
Headquarters Building (FOB 10A), 800 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Washington, D.C. 20591; telephone (202) 267-3132.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. D. Michael Smith, Office of Rulemaking (ARM-1), Federal Aviation 
Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591; 
telephone (202) 267-7470.
    This notice is published pursuant to paragraphs (c), (e), and (g) 
of Sec. 11.27 of Part 11 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR 
Part 11).


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    Issued in Washington, D.C., on May 30, 1996.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Dispositions of Petitions

    Docket No.: 21168.
    Petitioner: Executive Air Fleet, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.297(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend Exemption No. 
3203, as amended, which permits Executive Air Fleet, Inc., to use 
pilots in command who have completed an instrument proficiency check 
within the preceding 12 calendar months and, in addition, have 
satisfactorily completed either an instrument proficiency check or have 
trained to proficiency in an approved simulator within the preceding 6 
calendar months. GRANT, April 30, 1996, Exemption No. 3203H.

    Docket No.: 23980.
    Petitioner: United States Hang Gliding Association, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.309 (formerly Sec. 91.17) 
and 103.1(b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend Exemption No. 
4144, as amended, which permits United States Hang Gliding Association, 
Inc., members to tow unpowered ultralight vehicles (hand gliders) using 
powered ultralight vehicles. GRANT, April 29, 1996, Exemption No. 
4144F.

    Docket No.: 26160.
    Petitioner: Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.319(c).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend Exemption No. 
5210, as amended, which permits MIT to operate five aircraft having 
experimental airworthiness certificates in a congested airway or over 
densely populated areas. GRANT, May 8, 1996, Exemption No. 5210C.

    Docket No.: 28196.
    Petitioner: Travis County, Texas.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 49 U.S.C. subtitle VII, part A, 
chapter 411; chapter 417, Sec. Sec. 41701, 41702, 41708, 41709, 41711, 
and 41738; chapter 447, Sec. Sec. 44701, 44702, 44704, 44705, 44709, 
44711, 44713, 44717, and 44722; chapter 451; and chapter 463, 
Sec. Sec. 46301, 46304, 46306, and 46310; and 14 CFR part 135 and over 
30 sections of part 91.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Travis County; 
its aircraft, including those currently owned and those that will be 
owned or leased for at least 90 days; and its pilots, including those 
who are currently employed and those who will be employed by Travis 
County; to perform the following services as public aircraft under the 
operations and maintenance standards developed by Travis County. 
DENIAL, March 29, 1996, Exemption No. 6418.

    Docket No.: 28372.
    Petitioner: Cessna Aircraft Company.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.1305(d)(3).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit exemption from 
the rotor system imbalance indicator requirements of Sec. 25.1305(d)(3) 
for the Cessna Model 550 Citation II airplane (Serial 550-0801) at 
production. DENIAL, May 8, 1996, Exemption No. 6435.

    Docket No.: 28423.
    Petitioner: American Trans Air Training Corporation.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.55(b)(2); 61.56(c)(1); 
61.57(c) and (d); 61.58(c)(1) and (d); 61.63(c)(2) and (d)(2) and (3); 
61.65(c), (e)(2) and (3), and (g); 61.67(d)(2); 61.157(d)(1) and (2) 
and (e)(1) and (2); 61.191(c); and appendix A, part 61.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit American Trans 
Air Training Corporation to use FAA-approved simulators to meet certain 
flight experience requirements of part 61. GRANT, April 18, 1996, 
Exemption No. 6411.

    Docket No.: 28451.
    Petitioner: Texas Air Charters, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Texas Air 
Charters, Inc., to operate the following aircraft under part 135 
without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed: Registration No. 
N402WC, Serial No. 402-0215; Registration No. N150GT, Serial No. 401B-
0040; Registration No. N7912Q, Serial No. 401B-0012; Registration No. 
N12Q, Serial No. 401-0014; Registration N6241Q, Serial No. 401A-0041; 
Registration No. N6221Q, Serial No. 401A-0021; and any Cessna 401 or 
Cessna 402 owned and/or operated by Texas Air Charter, Inc. GRANT, 
April 18, 1996, Exemption No. 6423.

    Docket No.: 28455.
    Petitioner: Sound Flight, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.203(a)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To Permit Sound flight, 
Inc., to conduct operations under visual flight rules (VFR) outside 
controlled airspace, over water, at an altitude below 500 feet. GRANT, 
April 22, 1996, Exemption No. 6428.

    Docket No.: 28466.
    Petitioner: Trans-Southern Airways.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Trans-Southern 
Airways to operate two Cessna 402C airplanes (Registration No. N69SC, 
Serial No. 402C-0041 and Registration No. N2612C, Serial No. 402C-0077) 
under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed. 
GRANT, April 18, 1996, Exemption No. 6424.

    Docket No.: 28499.
    Petitioner: Sky Helicopters Incorporated.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Sky Helicopters 
Incorporated to operate one Robinson R44 (Registration No. N8324V, 
Serial No. 204) and one Robinson R22 (Registration No. N8358B, Serial 
No. 2573) under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder 
installed. GRANT, April 25, 1996, Exemption No. 6430.

[FR Doc. 96-13945 Filed 6-03-96; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-13-M

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