Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01027:reg:22:p69
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01027
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 22 (pt 69/70)
Character Range: 4245272–4248204

essentially similar aircraft, aircraft engines or propellers which, although possibly existing in different models, stem from a common basic design.
type acceptance certificate means a type acceptance certificate issued under regulation 21.029A.
type certificate: see regulation 21.041.
type certificated means issued with a type certificate or type acceptance certificate.
type certificate data sheet means a sheet attached to a type certificate for an aircraft, aircraft engine or propeller that sets out the limitations prescribed by the applicable airworthiness requirements for the aircraft, aircraft engine or propeller, and any other limitations and information necessary for type certification of the aircraft, aircraft engine or propeller.
type certification basis, for an aircraft, aircraft engine or propeller, means the airworthiness standards and any special conditions or other conditions with which the aircraft, aircraft engine or propeller must comply for the issue of a type certificate.
type design: see regulation 21.031.
unmanned free balloon means a free balloon that:
 (a) is not tethered; and
 (b) is not equipped to carry persons.
Note: There are 4 different kinds of unmanned free balloons: see regulation 101.145.
unpowered aircraft means an aircraft other than a powered aircraft.
variant: see regulation 61.010.
VAT is short for velocity at threshold.
very light aeroplane means an aeroplane of a kind mentioned in clause CS‑VLA 1 of EASA CS‑VLA, as in force from time to time.
very small RPA: see regulation 101.022.
VFR (short for visual flight rules) means:
 (a) for Part 131 aircraft—the rules and procedures set out in Subdivision 131.D.4.2; or
 (b) for all other aircraft—the rules and procedures set out in Subdivision 91.D.4.2.
VFR flight means a flight conducted under the VFR.
VFR operation means an operation conducted under the VFR.
visibility means the ability, as determined by atmospheric conditions and expressed in units of distance, to see and identify prominent unlighted objects by day and prominent lighted objects by night.
VMC (short for visual meteorological conditions) means meteorological conditions that meet the VMC criteria.
VMC criteria:
 (a) for a class of aircraft (other than Part 131 aircraft) and a class of airspace (including flight visibility and distance from cloud)—means the criteria prescribed for the class of aircraft and class of airspace by the Part 91 Manual of Standards; and
 (b) for Part 131 aircraft and a class of airspace (including flight visibility and distance from cloud)—means the criteria prescribed for the aircraft and class of airspace by the Part 131 Manual of Standards.
VSO means the stalling speed or the minimum steady flight speed in the landing configuration.
Source FARs section 1.2.
weight and balance documents, for a flight of an aircraft, are the documents that set out the aircraft's load for the flight and the distribution of