[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 14, Volume 2] [Revised as of January 1, 2003] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 14CFR137.29] [Page 770] TITLE 14--AERONAUTICSAND SPACE CHAPTER I--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (CONTINUED) PART 137--AGRICULTURAL AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS--Table of Contents Subpart C--Operating Rules Sec. 137.29 General. (a) Except as provided in paragraphs (d) and (e) of this section, this subpart prescribes rules that apply to persons and aircraft used in agricultural aircraft operations conducted under this part. (b) [Reserved] (c) The holder of an agricultural aircraft operator certificate may deviate from the provisions of part 91 of this chapter without a certificate of waiver, as authorized in this subpart for dispensing operations, when conducting nondispensing aerial work operations related to agriculture, horticulture, or forest preservation in accordance with the operating rules of this subpart. (d) Sections 137.31 through 137.35, Secs. 137.41, and 137.53 through 137.59 do not apply to persons and aircraft used in agricultural aircraft operations conducted with public aircraft. (e) Sections 137.31 through 137.35, Secs. 137.39, 137.41, 137.51 through 137.59, and subpart D do not apply to persons and rotorcraft used in agricultural aircraft operations conducted by a person holding a certificate under part 133 of this chapter and involving only the dispensing of water on forest fires by rotorcraft external-load means. However, the operation shall be conducted in accordance with-- (1) The rules of part 133 of this chapter governing rotorcraft external-load operations; and (2) The operating rules of this subpart contained in Secs. 137.29, 137.37, and Secs. 137.43 through 137.49. [Doc. No. 1464, 30 FR 8106, June 24, 1965, as amended by Amdt. 137-3, 33 FR 9601, July 2, 1968; Amdt. 137-6, 41 FR 35060, Aug. 19, 1976]