Document ID: FAA-2017-1016-0005
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petition for Exemption; Summary: Viking Air Ltd.
Posted Date: 2020-11-05T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 215 (Thursday, November 5, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70705-70706]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-24494]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. SAB-2020-02]

Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; Viking Air 
Limited

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of 
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief 
from specified requirements of Federal Aviation Regulations. The 
purpose of this notice is to improve the public's awareness of, and 
participation in, the FAA's exemption process. Neither publication of 
this notice nor the inclusion or omission of information in the summary 
is intended to affect the legal status of the petition or its final 
disposition.

DATES: Comments on this petition must identify the petition docket 
number and must be received on or before November 25, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified by docket number FAA-2017-1016 
using any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the online instructions for sending your 
comments electronically.
     Mail: Send comments to Docket Operations, M-30; U.S. 
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Room W12-140, 
West Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
     Hand Delivery or Courier: Take comments to Docket 
Operations in Room W12-140 of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200 
New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001, between 9 a.m. and 5 
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
     Fax: Fax comments to Docket Operations at (202) 493-2251.
    Privacy: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments 
from the public to better inform its rulemaking process. DOT posts 
these comments, without edit, including any personal information the 
commenter provides, to http://www.regulations.gov, as described in the 
system of records notice (DOT/ALL-14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at 
http://www.dot.gov/privacy.
    Docket: Background documents or comments received may be read at 
http://www.regulations.gov at any time. Follow the online instructions 
for accessing the docket or go to the Docket Operations in Room W12-140 
of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 
Washington, DC 20590-0001, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Pellicano, AIR-691, Federal 
Aviation Administration, Policy and Innovation Division, Small Airplane 
Standards Branch, Aircraft Certification Service, 901 Locust, Room 301, 
Kansas City, MO 64106, email paul.pellicano@faa.gov.
    This notice is published pursuant to 14 CFR 11.85.

    Issued in Kansas City, MO, on October 30, 2020.
Patrick R. Mullen,
Manager, Small Airplane Standards Branch, Policy and Innovation 
Division, Aircraft Certification Service.

Petition for Exemption

    Docket No.: FAA-2017-1016.
    Petitioner: Viking Air Limited.
    Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: Special Federal Aviation Regulation 
Number 23-1.
    Description of Relief Sought: Viking Air Limited (VAL) is seeking a 
24-month extension to Exemption No. 17626 that exempts VAL, for a 
limited time, from installing autopilot low-speed awareness on certain 
DHC-6-400 airplanes. VAL states technical and logistical challenges, 
including increased safety concerns and travel restrictions, in 
connection with the

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novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), have delayed design and 
approval of the low-speed awareness system.

[FR Doc. 2020-24494 Filed 11-4-20; 8:45 am]
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