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'r#jt,3lll"o,,', - Parachute Industry Association
'r#jt,3lll"o,,', - Parachute Industry Association
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U. S. Senator / U. S. Representative<br />
Washington, DC.<br />
Reference: overdue changes to FAR Part 105, administered by the<br />
Federal Aviation Administration.<br />
Dear Sir:<br />
As one of your constituents, I am writing to seek your herp in<br />
obtaining relief from financial hardship caused by unacceptable and<br />
unnecessary delays in effecting changes to FAR part 105.<br />
Specifically, relief is being sought from Exemption 6474 to FAR<br />
105.43(a). Exemption 6474 is a follow on to Exemptions 4943 and<br />
4047 which was originally issued in 1984 to allow an experimental<br />
test program of tandem parachute jumping, (the parachuting<br />
instructor and the student are under the same parachute). These<br />
exemptions have been extended annually or semi-annually for the<br />
last twelve years, thereby forcing tandem jumping to remain an<br />
experimental test program.<br />
In 1986, Strong Enterprises and The Relative Workshop, at the FAA,s<br />
request, petitioned the FAA for a change to FAR part i05. since that<br />
time no action has been taken to effect this change. In 1993, the<br />
FAA asked the manufacturers and members of the parachuting<br />
community to help formulate suggested changes to FAR part tbS rhat<br />
would be in the best interest of public safety. This ,'committee', of<br />
skydiving industry volunteers, and a FAA representative, met six<br />
times over a six month period at various locations in the US at their<br />
own expense. The resulting recommendations of this "Tandem
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