[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR31.1]

[Page 727]
 
                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
CHAPTER I--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 31--AIRWORTHINESS STANDARDS: MANNED FREE BALLOONS--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 31.1  Applicability.


    (a) This part prescribes airworthiness standards for the issue of 
type certificates and changes to those certificates, for manned free 
balloons.
    (b) Each person who applies under Part 21 for such a certificate or 
change must show compliance with the applicable requirements of this 
part.
    (c) For purposes of this part--
    (1) A captive gas balloon is a balloon that derives its lift from a 
captive lighter-than-air gas;
    (2) A hot air balloon is a balloon that derives its lift from heated 
air;
    (3) The envelope is the enclosure in which the lifting means is 
contained;
    (4) The basket is the container, suspended beneath the envelope, for 
the balloon occupants;
    (5) The trapeze is a harness or is a seat consisting of a horizontal 
bar or platform suspended beneath the envelope for the balloon 
occupants; and
    (6) The design maximum weight is the maximum total weight of the 
balloon, less the lifting gas or air.

[Doc. No. 1437, 29 FR 8258, July 1, 1964, as amended by Amdt. 31-3, 41 
FR 55474, Dec. 20, 1976]