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Section 1.1

Military operations area. A military
operations area (MOA) is airspace established outside Class A airspace to
separate or segregate certain nonhazardous military activities from IFR
Traffic and to identify for VFR traffic
where theses activities are conducted.
Minimum descent altitude (MDA) is the
lowest altitude specified in an instrument approach procedure, expressed in
feet above mean sea level, to which descent is authorized on final approach or
during
circle-to-land
maneuvering
until the pilot sees the required visual
references for the heliport or runway of
intended landing.
Minor alteration means an alteration
other than a major alteration.
Minor repair means a repair other
than a major repair.
Model aircraft means an unmanned
aircraft that is:
(1) Capable of sustained flight in the
atmosphere;
(2) Flown within visual line of sight
of the person operating the aircraft;
and
(3) Flown for hobby or recreational
purposes.
National defense airspace means airspace established by a regulation prescribed, or an order issued under, 49
U.S.C. 40103(b)(3).
Navigable airspace means airspace at
and above the minimum flight altitudes prescribed by or under this chapter, including airspace needed for safe
takeoff and landing.
Night means the time between the
end of evening civil twilight and the
beginning of morning civil twilight, as
published in the Air Almanac, converted to local time.
Nonprecision
approach
procedure
means a standard instrument approach
procedure in which no electronic glide
slope is provided.
Operate, with respect to aircraft,
means use, cause to use or authorize to
use aircraft, for the purpose (except as
provided in Section 91.13 of this chapter) of air
navigation including the piloting of
aircraft, with or without the right of
legal control (as owner, lessee, or otherwise).
Operational control, with respect to a
flight, means the exercise of authority
over initiating, conducting or terminating a flight.

Overseas 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 commerce between a place
in any State of the United States, or
the District of Columbia, and any place
in a territory or possession of the
United States; or between a place in a
territory or possession of the United
States, and a place in any other territory or possession of the United States.
Overseas 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:
(1) Between a place in a State or the
District of Columbia and a place in a
possession of the United States; or
(2) Between a place in a possession of
the United States and a place in another possession of the United States;
whether that commerce moves wholly
by aircraft or partly by aircraft and
partly by other forms of transportation.
Over-the-top means above the layer of
clouds or other obscuring phenomena
forming the ceiling.
Parachute means a device used or intended to be used to retard the fall of
a body or object through the air.
Person means an individual, firm,
partnership, corporation, company, association, joint-stock association, or
governmental entity. It includes a
trustee, receiver, assignee, or similar
representative of any of them.
Pilotage means navigation by visual
reference to landmarks.
Pilot in command means the person
who:
(1) Has final authority and responsibility for the operation and safety of
the flight;
(2) Has been designated as pilot in
command before or during the flight;
and
(3) Holds the appropriate category,
class, and type rating, if appropriate,
for the conduct of the flight.
Pitch setting means the propeller
blade setting as determined by the
blade angle measured in a manner, and
at a radius, specified by the instruction
manual for the propeller.

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