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Section 45.31

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

certificate under Section 21.191 (d), Section 21.191 (g),
or Section 21.191 (i) of this chapter to operate
as an exhibition aircraft, an amateurbuilt 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 Section 45.22.
(2) Airships, spherical balloons, nonspherical 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 displaying before April 18, 1983, marks required by Section 45.29(b)(3) in effect on April
17, 1983, and rotorcraft manufactured
on or after April 18, 1983, but before December 31, 1983, may display those
marks until the aircraft is repainted or
the marks are repainted, restored, or
changed.
(c) Width. Characters must be twothirds as wide as they are high, except
the number  - 1 - , which must be onesixth as wide as it is high, and the letters  - 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 onefourth of the character width.
(f) If either one of the surfaces authorized for displaying required marks
under Section 45.25 is large enough for display
of marks meeting the size requirements 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 displayed on the larger of the two surfaces. If no surface authorized to be
marked by Section 45.27 is large enough for
full-size marks, marks as large as practicable must be placed on the largest of
the authorized surfaces. However, powered parachutes and weight-shift-control 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, thickness, 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]

Section 45.31 Marking of export aircraft.
A person who manufactures an aircraft in the United States for delivery
outside thereof may display on that
aircraft any marks required by the
State of registry of the aircraft. However, 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 purchaser.
Section 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 corporation 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
47.2
47.3
47.5

Applicability.
Definitions.
Registration required.
Applicants.

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