Canadian Aviation Regulations — 101.01
L that is within Canadian Domestic Airspace; ( espace aérien supérieur ) high seas means any body of water, or frozen surface thereof, that is not within the territorial waters of any state; ( haute mer ) home base means the location where a flight crew member normally commutes to in order to report for a flight duty period or positioning; ( base d’affectation ) HUD means head-up display; ( HUD ) ice means water that has frozen on a surface and includes the condition commonly known as black ice and the condition in which compacted snow has turned into a polished ice surface; ( glace ) IFR means instrument flight rules; ( IFR ) IFR air traffic control message means a message that contains an air traffic control clearance or instruction, a position report or procedure related to the conduct of an IFR flight; ( message IFR du contrôle de la circulation aérienne ) IFR aircraft means an aircraft operating in IFR flight; ( aéronef IFR ) IFR flight means a flight conducted in accordance with the instrument flight rules; ( vol IFR ) IMC or instrument meteorological conditions means meteorological conditions less than the minima specified in Division VI of Subpart 2 of Part VI for visual meteorological conditions, expressed in terms of visibility and distance from cloud; ( IMC ou conditions météorologiques de vol aux instruments ) infant means a person under two years of age; ( enfant en bas âge ) instrument approach means the orderly positioning of an IFR aircraft from the enroute phase to a position and altitude from which a landing may be completed or a missed approach procedure may be initiated; ( approche aux instruments ) instrument approach procedure means, in respect of an aircraft on an instrument approach to a runway or aerodrome, a procedure for an instrument approach determined by the pilot-in-command of the aircraft on the basis of the information specified in the Canada Air Pilot for an instrument approach to that runway or aerodrome or, if no such information is specified in the Canada Air Pilot , the information specified in the Restricted Canada Air Pilot for an aircraft operated under Subpart 6 of Part IV, Subpart 4 of Part VI, or Part VII; ( procédure d’approche aux instruments ) instrument time means (a) instrument ground time, (b) actual instrument flight time, or (c) simulated instrument flight time; ( temps aux instruments ) invited assembly of persons means any number of persons who have been invited, by any means, to attend a special aviation event. The term excludes competition judges, the holder of a special flight operations certificate, members of a certificate holder’s staff and members of a participant’s support team; ( rassemblement de personnes invitées ) land aircraft means an aircraft that is not capable of normal operations on water; ( aéronef terrestre ) landing means (a) in respect of an aircraft other than an airship, the act of coming into contact with a supporting surface, and includes the acts immediately preceding and following the coming into contact with that surface, and (b) in respect of an airship, the act of bringing the airship under restraint, and includes the acts immediately preceding and following the bringing of the airship under restraint; ( atterrissage ) large aeroplane means an aeroplane with an MCTOW of more than 5 700 kg (12,566 pounds); ( gros avion ) launch weight means the total weight of a hang glider or an ultra-light aeroplane when it is ready for flight, including any equipment, instruments, fuel or oil, but not including (a) the weight of the occupants, (b) the weight of any float equipment to a maximum of 34 kg (74.93 pounds), or (c) the weight of any ballistic parachute installation; ( poids au départ ) LDA or landing distance available means the length of a runway at an aerodrome that the aerodrome operator declares available and suitable for the ground run of an aeroplane that is landing; ( LDA ou distance d’atterrissage utilisable ) life-limited part means a part