Module 2 RA 776 Definition of Terms Flashcards
means the Civil Aeronautics Administrator.
Administrator
” means a defined area on land or water, including any
buildings, installations and equipment intended to be used either wholly or in part for the
arrival, departure and movement of aircraft.
aerodrome
means the science and art of flight.
Aeronautics
means and includes any telegraph or
telephone communication signs, signals, writings, images and sounds of any nature, by
wire, radio or other systems or processes of signaling, used in the aeronautical service.
Aeronautical telecommunication
means any station operated to
provide telecommunications for aeronautical purposes.
Aeronautical Telecommunication Station
” means a person who undertakes, whether directly or indirectly, or by a lease of any other arrangements, to engage in air transportation or air
commerce.
Air Carrier
means and includes air transportation for pay or hire, the
navigation of aircraft in furtherance of a business, or the navigation of aircraft from one
place to another for operation in the conduct of a business.
Air Commerce
” means service or carriage of persons, property or mail,
in whole or in part, by aircraft.
Air Transportation
” means any contrivance now known or hereafter invented,
used, or designed for navigation of, or flight in the air.
Aircraft
means an engine used or intended to be used for
propulsion of aircraft and includes all parts, appurtenances, and accessories thereof other than propellers
AIrcraft engine
means a radio station on board any aircraft.
Aircraft Radio Station
means any individual who engages, as the person in command
or as pilot, mechanic, flight radio operator or member of the crew, in the navigation
of aircraft while under way, and any individual who is directly in charge of inspection,
maintenance, overhauling or repair of aircraft engine, propellers, or appliances; and
any individual who serves in the capacity of aircraft dispatcher or air-traffic control
operator.
Airmen
means any facility used in, available for use in
or designed for use, in aid of air navigation, including areas, lights, any apparatus or
equipment for disseminating weather information, for signaling, for radio-directional
finding, or for radio or other electrical communication, and any other structure or
mechanism having a similar purpose for guiding or controlling flight in the air or the
landing and take-off of aircraft.
AIr Navigation Facility
means a path thru the navigable air space identified by an area
of specified width on the surface of the earth designated or approved by the Administrator
as suitable for air commerce or air transportation
Airways
means that an aircraft, its engines, propellers, and other
components and accessories, are of proper design and construction being consistent
with accepted engineering practice and in accordance with aerodynamic laws and
aircraft science.
Airworthiness