[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 168 (Tuesday, August 30, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 59713]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-20812]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. 2016-95]
Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; Fusion
Flight, LLC
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of petition for exemption received.
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SUMMARY: This notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief
from specified requirements of 14 CFR. 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 the petition or its final disposition.
DATES: Comments on this petition must identify the petition docket
number and must be received on or before September 19, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments identified by Docket Number FAA-2016-
5847 using any of the following methods:
Government-wide rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the instructions for sending your
comments electronically.
Mail: Send comments to the Docket Management Facility;
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590.
Fax: Fax comments to the Docket Management Facility at
202-493-2251.
Hand Delivery: Bring comments to the Docket Management
Facility in Room W12-140 of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Privacy: We will post all comments we receive, without change, to
http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information you
provide. Using the search function of our docket Web site, anyone can
find and read the comments received into any of our dockets, including
the name of the individual sending the comment (or signing the comment
for an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on
April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477-78).
Docket: To read background documents or comments received, go to
http://www.regulations.gov at any time or to the Docket Management
Facility in Room W12-140 of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thuy H. Cooper, (202) 267-4715. 800
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591. This notice is published
pursuant to 14 CFR 11.85.
Issued in Washington, DC, on August 19, 2016.
Dale Bouffiou,
Acting Director, Office of Rulemaking,
Petition for Exemption
Docket No.: FAA-2016-5847.
Petitioner: Fusion Flight, LLC.
Sections of 14 CFR Affected: 61.113, 91.151, 91.119, and 91.12.
Description of Relief Sought: Fusion Flight requests an exemption
to operate an unmanned and autonomous aircraft that ascends, powered by
a jet engine, on a ballistic trajectory up to 16.2 km (53,150 ft) AGL
and descends, once its fuel is consumed, under parachute. The
petitioner's purpose is to investigate the feasibility of constructing
a launch vehicle with a jet-engine powered first stage, which if
possible, has the potential to greatly reduce the cost of sending
payloads into space.
[FR Doc. 2016-20812 Filed 8-29-16; 8:45 am]
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