[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 4]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR375.1]

[Page 384-385]
 
                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
   CHAPTER II--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
                         (AVIATION PROCEEDINGS)
 
PART 375--NAVIGATION OF FOREIGN CIVIL AIRCRAFT WITHIN THE UNITED 
STATES--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 375.1  Definitions.


    As used in this part:
    Act means the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended;
    Air transportation means the carriage by aircraft of persons or 
property as a common carrier for compensation or hire or the carriage of 
mail by aircraft in interstate, overseas, or foreign commerce (see 
section 101 (10) and (23) of the Federal Aviation Act, 49 U.S.C. 1301);
    Category shall indicate a classification of aircraft such as 
airplane, helicopter, glider, etc.;
    Commercial air operations shall mean operations by foreign civil 
aircraft engaged in flights for the purpose of crop dusting, pest 
control, pipeline patrol, mapping, surveying, banner towing, skywriting, 
or similar agricultural and industrial operations performed in the 
United States, and any operations for remuneration or hire to, from or 
within the United States including air carriage involving the 
discharging or taking on of passengers or cargo at one or more points in 
the United States, including carriage of cargo for the operator's own 
account if the cargo is to be resold or otherwise used in the 
furtherance of a business other than the business of providing carriage 
by aircraft, but excluding operations pursuant to foreign air carrier 
permits issued under section 402 of the Act, exemptions, and all other 
operations in air transportation.
    Exemption means an exemption granted, under section 416(b) of the 
Act, authorizing air transportation by a foreign air carrier;

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    Foreign air carrier permit means a permit authorizing foreign air 
transportation by a foreign air carrier pursuant to section 402 of the 
Act;
    Foreign aircraft permit means a permit authorizing navigation of 
foreign civil aircraft in the United States pursuant to section 1108(b) 
of the Act and this part;
    Foreign civil aircraft means (a) an aircraft of foreign registry 
that is not part of the armed forces of a foreign nation, or (b) a U.S.-
registered aircraft owned, controlled or operated by persons who are not 
citizens or permanent residents of the United States;
    Stop for non-traffic purposes means a landing for any purpose other 
than taking on or discharging passengers, cargo or mail, and does not 
include landings for embarking or disembarking stopover passengers or 
transshipped cargo or mail, or for other than strictly operational 
purposes.
    Type means all aircraft of the same basic design including all 
modifications thereto except those modifications that result in a change 
in handling or flight characteristics.