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147 ms- §1.1REGULATION — OFFICIAL DEFINITION
Flightcrew member
Flightcrew member means a pilot, flight engineer, or flight navigator assigned to duty in an aircraft during flight time.
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Foreign air carrier
Foreign air carrier means any person other than a citizen of the United States, who undertakes directly, by lease or other arrangement, to engage in air transportation.
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Foreign air commerce
Foreign air commerce means the carriage by aircraft of persons or property for compensation or hire, or the carriage of mail by aircraft, or the operation or navigation of aircraft in the conduct or furtherance of a business or vocation, in
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Foreign air transportation
Foreign 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 commerce between a place in the United States and any place outside of th
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Forward wing
Forward wing means a forward lifting surface of a canard configuration or tandem-wing configuration airplane. The surface may be a fixed, movable, or variable geometry surface, with or without control surfaces.
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Full flight simulator (FFS)
Full flight simulator (FFS) means a replica of a specific type; or make, model, and series aircraft cockpit. It includes the assemblage of equipment and computer programs necessary to represent aircraft operations in ground and flight condi
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GS
GS means glide slope.
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Glider
Glider means a heavier-than-air aircraft, that is supported in flight by the dynamic reaction of the air against its lifting surfaces and whose free flight does not depend principally on an engine.
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Go-around power or thrust setting
Go-around power or thrust setting means the maximum allowable in-flight power or thrust setting identified in the performance data.
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Ground visibility
Ground visibility means prevailing horizontal visibility near the earth's surface as reported by the United States National Weather Service or an accredited observer.
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Gyrodyne
Gyrodyne means a rotorcraft whose rotors are normally engine-driven for takeoff, hovering, and landing, and for forward flight through part of its speed range, and whose means of propulsion, consisting usually of conventional propellers, is
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Gyroplane
Gyroplane means a rotorcraft whose rotors are not engine-driven, except for initial starting, but are made to rotate by action of the air when the rotorcraft is moving; and whose means of propulsion, consisting usually of conventional prope
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HIRL
HIRL means high-intensity runway light system.
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Helicopter
Helicopter means a rotorcraft that, for its horizontal motion, depends principally on its engine-driven rotors.
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Heliport
Heliport means an area of land, water, or structure used or intended to be used for the landing and takeoff of helicopters.
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IAS
IAS means indicated airspeed.
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ICAO
ICAO means International Civil Aviation Organization.
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IFR
IFR means instrument flight rules.
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IFR conditions
IFR conditions means weather conditions below the minimum for flight under visual flight rules.
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IFR over-the-top
IFR over-the-top with respect to the operation of aircraft, means the operation of an aircraft over-the-top on an IFR flight plan when cleared by air traffic control to maintain “VFR conditions” or “VFR conditions on top”.