[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR21.25]

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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
CHAPTER I--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 21--CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES FOR PRODUCTS AND PARTS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart B--Type Certificates
 
Sec. 21.25  Issue of type certificate: Restricted category aircraft.

    (a) An applicant is entitled to a type certificate for an aircraft 
in the restricted category for special purpose operations if he shows 
compliance with the applicable noise requirements of Part 36 of this 
chapter, and if he shows that no feature or characteristic of the 
aircraft makes it unsafe when it is operated under the limitations 
prescribed for its intended use, and that the aircraft--
    (1) Meets the airworthiness requirements of an aircraft category 
except those requirements that the Administrator finds inappropriate for 
the special purpose for which the aircraft is to be used; or
    (2) Is of a type that has been manufactured in accordance with the 
requirements of and accepted for use by, an Armed Force of the United 
States and has been later modified for a special purpose.
    (b) For the purposes of this section, ``special purpose operations'' 
includes--
    (1) Agricultural (spraying, dusting, and seeding, and livestock and 
predatory animal control);
    (2) Forest and wildlife conservation;

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    (3) Aerial surveying (photography, mapping, and oil and mineral 
exploration);
    (4) Patrolling (pipelines, power lines, and canals);
    (5) Weather control (cloud seeding);
    (6) Aerial advertising (skywriting, banner towing, airborne signs 
and public address systems); and
    (7) Any other operation specified by the Administrator.

[Doc. No. 5085, 29 FR 14564, Oct. 24, 1964, as amended by Amdt. 21-42, 
40 FR 1033, Jan. 6, 1975]