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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–19 Edition) 

§ 45.31 

certificate under § 21.191 (d), § 21.191 (g), 
or § 21.191 (i) of this chapter to operate 
as an exhibition aircraft, an amateur- 
built aircraft, or a light-sport aircraft 
when the maximum cruising speed of 
the aircraft does not exceed 180 knots 
CAS; and 

(iv) Marks may be displayed on an 

exhibition, antique, or other aircraft in 
accordance with § 45.22. 

(2) Airships, spherical balloons, non-

spherical balloons, powered parachutes, 
and weight-shift-control aircraft must 
be at least 3 inches high; and 

(3) Rotorcraft, must be at least 12 

inches high, except that rotorcraft dis-
playing before April 18, 1983, marks re-
quired by § 45.29(b)(3) in effect on April 
17, 1983, and rotorcraft manufactured 
on or after April 18, 1983, but before De-
cember 31, 1983, may display those 
marks until the aircraft is repainted or 
the marks are repainted, restored, or 
changed. 

(c) 

Width. 

Characters must be two- 

thirds as wide as they are high, except 
the number ‘‘1’’, which must be one- 
sixth as wide as it is high, and the let-
ters ‘‘M’’ and ‘‘W’’ which may be as 
wide as they are high. 

(d) 

Thickness. 

Characters must be 

formed by solid lines one-sixth as thick 
as the character is high. 

(e) 

Spacing. 

The space between each 

character may not be less than one- 
fourth of the character width. 

(f) If either one of the surfaces au-

thorized for displaying required marks 
under § 45.25 is large enough for display 
of marks meeting the size require-
ments of this section and the other is 
not, full size marks must be placed on 
the larger surface. If neither surface is 
large enough for full-size marks, marks 
as large as practicable must be dis-
played on the larger of the two sur-
faces. If no surface authorized to be 
marked by § 45.27 is large enough for 
full-size marks, marks as large as prac-
ticable must be placed on the largest of 
the authorized surfaces. However, pow-
ered parachutes and weight-shift-con-
trol aircraft must display marks at 
least 3 inches high. 

(g) 

Uniformity. 

The marks required by 

this part for fixed-wing aircraft must 
have the same height, width, thick-
ness, and spacing on both sides of the 
aircraft. 

(h) After March 7, 1988, each operator 

of an aircraft penetrating an ADIZ or 
DEWIZ must display on that aircraft 
temporary or permanent nationality 
and registration marks at least 12 
inches high. 

[Doc. No. 2047, 29 FR 3223, Mar. 11, 1964, as 
amended by Amdt. 45–2, 31 FR 9863, July 21, 
1966; Amdt. 45–9, 42 FR 41102, Aug. 15, 1977; 
Amdt. 45–13, 46 FR 48604, Oct. 1, 1981; Amdt. 
45–15, 48 FR 11392, Mar. 17, 1983; Amdt. 45–17, 
52 FR 34102, Sept. 9, 1987; 52 FR 36566, Sept. 
30, 1987; Amdt. 45–24, 69 FR 44863, July 27, 
2004; Amdt. 45–25, 72 FR 52469, Sept. 14, 2007] 

§ 45.31

Marking of export aircraft. 

A person who manufactures an air-

craft in the United States for delivery 
outside thereof may display on that 
aircraft any marks required by the 
State of registry of the aircraft. How-
ever, no person may operate an aircraft 
so marked within the United States, 
except for test and demonstration 
flights for a limited period of time, or 
while in necessary transit to the pur-
chaser. 

§ 45.33

Sale of aircraft; removal of 

marks. 

When an aircraft that is registered in 

the United States is sold, the holder of 
the Certificate of Aircraft Registration 
must remove, before its delivery to the 
purchaser, all United States marks 
from the aircraft, unless the purchaser 
is— 

(a) A citizen of the United States; 
(b) An individual citizen of a foreign 

country who is lawfully admitted for 
permanent residence in the United 
States; or 

(c) When the aircraft is to be based 

and primarily used in the United 
States, a corporation (other than a cor-
poration which is a citizen of the 
United States) lawfully organized and 
doing business under the laws of the 
United States or any State thereof. 

[Amdt. 45–11, 44 FR 61938, Oct. 29, 1979] 

PART 47—AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION 

Subpart A—General 

Sec. 
47.1

Applicability. 

47.2

Definitions. 

47.3

Registration required. 

47.5

Applicants. 

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