1902 CONVENTION-COMMERCIAL AVIATION. FEBRUARY 20,1928. Brazil: RaUl Fernandes, Lindolfo Collor, Alarico da Silveira, Sampaio Correa, Eduardo Espinola. Argentina: Honorio Pueyrred6n, (Later resigned), Laurentino Olascoaga, Felipe A. Espil. ParaJU~: LlSandro Diaz LOOn. Haiti: Fernando Dennis, Charles Riboul. Dominican Republic: Francisco J. Peynado, Gustavo A. Diaz, Elias Brache, Ange1 Morales, Tulio M. Cestero, Ricardo Perez Alfo~Jacinto R. de Castro, Frederico C. Alvarez. United States of America: Charles EVllns Hughe~ Noble Brandon Judah, Henry P. Fletcher Oscar W. Underwood, vwight W. Mor- row, Morgan J. O'Brien, James Brown Scott, Ray Lyman Wilbur, Leo S. ROwe. Cuba: Antonio S. de Bustamante, Orestes Ferrara, Enrique Hernandez Cartaya, Jose Manuel Cortina:.. Aristides Agiiero, J 096 B. Alemi.n, Manuel Marquez Sterling, Jfernando Ortiz, Nastor Carbonell, JesUs Maria Barraque. Who) after having exchanged their respective full powers, which have been found to be in goOd and due form, have agreed upon the following: ARTICLE I Mutual ~tion The high contracting parties recognize that every state has complete of state sovereignty dI' . t h' bo't' d over territorial air an exc USlve sovereIgn y over t e aIr space a ve I s terrItory an space. territorial waters. Scope. 8 tate aircraft. Private aircraft. AlmCLE II The present convention applies exclusively to private aircraft. ARTICLE III The following shall be deemed to be state aircraft: a.) Military and naval aircraft; b) Aircraft exclusively employed in state service, such as posts, customs, and police. Every other aircraft shall be deem~d to be a private aircraft. All state aircraft other than military, naval, customs and police aircraft shall be treated as private aircraft and as such shall be subject to aN the provisions of the present convention. ABTICLE IV Fceedom of innocent Each contracting state undertakes in time of peace to accord lJ3IlSlIglI accorded. freedom of innocent passage above its territory to the private air- craft of the other contractin~ states, provided that the conditions laid down in the present e<)nventIon are observed. The regulations estab- lished by a contracting state with regard to admission over its terri- tory of aircraft of other contracting states shall be applied without distinction of nationality. AImCLE V Flight over fixed Each contracting state has the right to prohibithfor reasons which ZODes reserved. it deems convenient in the public interest, the flig t over fixed zones of its territory by the aircraft of the other contractin~ states and privately owned national aircraft employed in the servIce of inter- national commercial aviation, with the reservation that no distinc- Eqnalityofcraft. tion shall be made in this respect between its own private aircraft engaged in international commerce and those of the other contracting
