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Section 1.1

14 CFR Ch. I (1-1-19 Edition)

Portable oxygen concentrator means a
medical device that separates oxygen
from other gasses in ambient air and
dispenses this concentrated oxygen to
the user.
Positive control means control of all
air traffic, within designated airspace,
by air traffic control.
Powered parachute means a powered
aircraft comprised of a flexible or semirigid wing connected to a fuselage so
that the wing is not in position for
flight until the aircraft is in motion.
The fuselage of a powered parachute
contains the aircraft engine, a seat for
each occupant and is attached to the
aircraft-s landing gear.
Powered-lift means a heavier-than-air
aircraft capable of vertical takeoff,
vertical landing, and low speed flight
that depends principally on enginedriven lift devices or engine thrust for
lift during these flight regimes and on
nonrotating airfoil(s) for lift during
horizontal flight.
Precision approach procedure means a
standard instrument approach procedure in which an electronic glide slope
is provided, such as ILS and PAR.
Preventive maintenance means simple
or minor preservation operations and
the replacement of small standard
parts not involving complex assembly
operations.
Prohibited area. A prohibited area is
airspace designated under part 73 within which no person may operate an aircraft without the permission of the
using agency.
Propeller means a device for propelling an aircraft that has blades on an
engine-driven shaft and that, when rotated, produces by its action on the air,
a thrust approximately perpendicular
to its plane of rotation. It includes control components normally supplied by
its manufacturer, but does not include
main and auxiliary rotors or rotating
airfoils of engines.
Public aircraft means any of the following aircraft when not being used for
a commercial purpose or to carry an
individual other than a crewmember or
qualified non-crewmenber:
(1) An aircraft used only for the
United States Government; an aircraft
owned by the Government and operated
by any person for purposes related to
crew training, equipment development,

or demonstration; an aircraft owned
and operated by the government of a
State, the District of Columbia, or a
territory or possession of the United
States or a political subdivision of one
of these governments; or an aircraft exclusively leased for at least 90 continuous days by the government of a
State, the District of Columbia, or a
territory or possession of the United
States or a political subdivision of one
of these governments.
(i) For the sole purpose of determining public aircraft status, commercial purposes means the transportation
of persons or property for compensation or hire, but does not include the
operation of an aircraft by the armed
forces for reimbursement when that reimbursement is required by any Federal statute, regulation, or directive, in
effect on November 1, 1999, or by one
government on behalf of another government under a cost reimbursement
agreement if the government on whose
behalf the operation is conducted certifies to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration that the
operation is necessary to respond to a
significant and imminent threat to life
or property (including natural resources) and that no service by a private operator is reasonably available
to meet the threat.
(ii) For the sole purpose of determining public aircraft status, governmental function means an activity undertaken by a government, such as national defense, intelligence missions,
firefighting, search and rescue, law enforcement (including transport of prisoners, detainees, and illegal aliens),
aeronautical research, or biological or
geological resource management.
(iii) For the sole purpose of determining public aircraft status, qualified
non-crewmember means an individual,
other than a member of the crew,
aboard an aircraft operated by the
armed forces or an intelligence agency
of the United States Government, or
whose presence is required to perform,
or is associated with the performance
of, a governmental function.
(2) An aircraft owned or operated by
the armed forces or chartered to provide transportation to the armed forces
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