Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 52.djvu/1019

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978 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 601 -JUNE 23, 1938 [52 STAT. "Air-space reserva- (9) "Air-space reservation" means air space, identified by an area tin. on the surface of the earth, in which the flight of aircraft is prohibited or restricted. "Air transporta- (10) "Air transportation" means interstate, overseas, or foreign air transportation or the transportation of mail by aircraft. " Appliances." (11) "Appliances" means instruments, equipment, apparatus, parts, appurtenances, or accessories, of whatever description, which are used, or are capable of being or intended to be used, in the navigation, opera- tion, or control of aircraft in flight (including parachutes and includ- ing communication equipment and any other mechanism or mech- anisms installed in or attached to aircraft during flight), and which are not a part or parts of aircraft, aircraft engines, or propellers. " Authority." (12) "Authority" means the Civil Aeronautics Authority. U"itizen of the (13) "Citizen of the United States" means (a) an individual who i is a citizen of the United States or of one of its possessions, or (b) a partnership of which each member is such an individual, or (c) a cor- poration or association created or organized under the laws of the United States or of any State, Territory, or possession of the United States, of which the president and two-thirds or more of the board of directors and other managing officers thereof are such individuals and in which at least 75 per centum of the voting interest is owned or con- trolled by persons who are citizens of the United States or of one of its possessions. " Civil aircraft." (14) "Civil aircraft" means any aircraft other than a public aircraft. " C ivilairc'aftofthe (15) "Civil aircraft of the United States" means any aircraft registered as provided in this Act. "Civil airway." (16) "Civil airway" means a path through the navigable air space of the United States, identified by an area on the surface of the earth, designated or approved by the Administrator as suitable for interstate, overseas, or foreign air commerce. " Conditional sale." (17) "Conditional sale" means (a) any contract for the sale of an aircraft or portion thereof under which possession is delivered to the buyer and the property is to vest in the buyer at a subsequent time upon the payment of part or all of the price, or upon the performance of any other condition or the happening of any contingency; or (b) any contract for the bailment or leasing of an aircraft or portion thereof by which the bailee or lessee contracts to pay as compensation a sum substantially equivalent to the value thereof, and by which it is agreed that the bailee or lessee is bound to become, or has the option of becoming, the owner thereof upon full compliance with the terms of the contract. The buyer, bailee, or lessee shall be deemed to be the person by whom any such contract is made or given. "Conveyance." (18) "Conveyance" means a bill of sale, contract of conditional sale, mortgage, assignment of mortgage, or other instrument affecting title to, or interest in, property. "Foreign air car- (19) "Foreign air carrier" means any person, not a citizen of the United States, who undertakes, whether directly or indi- rectly or by a lease or any other arrangement, to engage in foreign air transportation. merntertate air co- (20 "Interstate air commerce", "overseas air commerce", and "for- ommerce"; "foreign eign air commerce", respectively mean the carriage by aircraft of per- aircommerce." sons or property for compensation or hire, or the carriage of mail by aircraft, or the operation or navigation of aircraft in the conduct or furtherance of a business or vocation, in commerce between, respectively- (a) a place in any State of the United States, or the District of Columbia, and a place in any other State of the United States, or the District of Columbia; or between places in the same State of