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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–19 Edition) 

§§ 91.807–91.813 

that airplane has been shown to com-
ply with Stage 2 or Stage 3 noise levels 
under part 36 of this chapter. 

§§ 91.807–91.813

[Reserved] 

§ 91.815

Agricultural and fire fighting 

airplanes: Noise operating limita-
tions. 

(a) This section applies to propeller- 

driven, small airplanes having standard 
airworthiness certificates that are de-
signed for ‘‘agricultural aircraft oper-
ations’’ (as defined in § 137.3 of this 
chapter, as effective on January 1, 1966) 
or for dispensing fire fighting mate-
rials. 

(b) If the Airplane Flight Manual, or 

other approved manual material infor-
mation, markings, or placards for the 
airplane indicate that the airplane has 
not been shown to comply with the 
noise limits under part 36 of this chap-
ter, no person may operate that air-
plane, except— 

(1) To the extent necessary to accom-

plish the work activity directly associ-
ated with the purpose for which it is 
designed; 

(2) To provide flight crewmember 

training in the special purpose oper-
ation for which the airplane is de-
signed; and 

(3) To conduct ‘‘nondispensing aerial 

work operations’’ in accordance with 
the requirements under § 137.29(c) of 
this chapter. 

§ 91.817

Civil aircraft sonic boom. 

(a) No person may operate a civil air-

craft in the United States at a true 
flight Mach number greater than 1 ex-
cept in compliance with conditions and 
limitations in an authorization to ex-
ceed Mach 1 issued to the operator 
under appendix B of this part. 

(b) In addition, no person may oper-

ate a civil aircraft for which the max-
imum operating limit speed M

M0

ex-

ceeds a Mach number of 1, to or from 
an airport in the United States, un-
less— 

(1) Information available to the 

flight crew includes flight limitations 
that ensure that flights entering or 
leaving the United States will not 
cause a sonic boom to reach the surface 
within the United States; and 

(2) The operator complies with the 

flight limitations prescribed in para-
graph (b)(1) of this section or complies 
with conditions and limitations in an 
authorization to exceed Mach 1 issued 
under appendix B of this part. 

(Approved by the Office of Management and 
Budget under control number 2120–0005) 

§ 91.819

Civil supersonic airplanes that 

do not comply with part 36. 

(a) 

Applicability. 

This section applies 

to civil supersonic airplanes that have 
not been shown to comply with the 
Stage 2 noise limits of part 36 in effect 
on October 13, 1977, using applicable 
trade-off provisions, and that are oper-
ated in the United States, after July 
31, 1978. 

(b) 

Airport use. 

Except in an emer-

gency, the following apply to each per-
son who operates a civil supersonic air-
plane to or from an airport in the 
United States: 

(1) Regardless of whether a type de-

sign change approval is applied for 
under part 21 of this chapter, no person 
may land or take off an airplane cov-
ered by this section for which the type 
design is changed, after July 31, 1978, in 
a manner constituting an ‘‘acoustical 
change’’ under § 21.93 unless the acous-
tical change requirements of part 36 
are complied with. 

(2) No flight may be scheduled, or 

otherwise planned, for takeoff or land-
ing after 10 p.m. and before 7 a.m. local 
time. 

§ 91.821

Civil supersonic airplanes: 

Noise limits. 

Except for Concorde airplanes having 

flight time before January 1, 1980, no 
person may operate in the United 
States, a civil supersonic airplane that 
does not comply with Stage 2 noise 
limits of part 36 in effect on October 13, 
1977, using applicable trade-off provi-
sions. 

§§ 91.823–91.849

[Reserved] 

§ 91.851

Definitions. 

For the purposes of §§ 91.851 through 

91.877 of this subpart: 

Chapter 4 noise level 

means a noise 

level at or below the maximum noise 
level prescribed in Chapter 4, Para-
graph 4.4, Maximum Noise Levels, of 

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