{"id":4791,"date":"2019-11-18T15:59:01","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T21:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texas-flyer.com\/newblog\/?p=4791"},"modified":"2023-11-20T16:00:02","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T22:00:02","slug":"far103-wikipedia_","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texas-flyer.com\/newblog\/?p=4791","title":{"rendered":"FAR103-Wikipedia_"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"United_States_definition_of_&quot;ultralight&quot;\" class=\"mw-headline\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: 18pt;\">Definition of &#8220;ultralight&#8221; in the U.S.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Regulation of ultralight aircraft in the United States is covered by the <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Code_of_Federal_Regulations\">Code of Federal Regulations<\/a>, Title 14 (<a title=\"Federal Aviation Regulations\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Federal_Aviation_Regulations\">Federal Aviation Regulations<\/a>), Part 103, or <i>14 CFR Part 103<\/i>, which defines an &#8220;ultralight&#8221; as a vehicle that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li>has only one seat<sup id=\"cite_ref-FAR_Part103_1-1\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Is used only for recreational or sport flying<sup id=\"cite_ref-FAR_Part103_1-2\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Does not have a U.S. or foreign airworthiness certificate<sup id=\"cite_ref-FAR_Part103_1-3\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>If unpowered, weighs less than 155 pounds<sup id=\"cite_ref-FAR_Part103_1-4\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>If powered:\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li>Weighs less than 254 pounds (115 kg) empty weight, excluding floats and safety devices<sup id=\"cite_ref-FAR_Part103_1-5\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Has a maximum fuel capacity of 5 U.S. gallons (19 L)<sup id=\"cite_ref-USUAFAQ_2-3\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Has a top speed of 55 <a title=\"Knot (unit)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Knot_(unit)\">knots<\/a> (102\u00a0km\/h; 63\u00a0mph) calibrated airspeed at full power in level flight<sup id=\"cite_ref-FAR_Part103_1-6\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Has a power-off <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Stall (fluid mechanics)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stall_(fluid_mechanics)\">stall<\/a> speed of 24 knots (45\u00a0km\/h; 28\u00a0mph) calibrated airspeed or less<sup id=\"cite_ref-FAR_Part103_1-7\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span id=\"Certification\" class=\"mw-headline\" style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Certification<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Ultralight vehicles and their component parts and equipment are not required to meet the airworthiness certification standards specified for aircraft or to have certificates of airworthiness.<sup id=\"cite_ref-FAR_Part103_1-8\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ultralight_aircraft_(United_States)#cite_note-FAR_Part103-1\">[1]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Operators of ultralight vehicles are not required to meet any aeronautical knowledge, age, or experience requirements or to have airman or medical certificates.<\/li>\n<li>Ultralight vehicles are not required to be registered or to have registration markings.<sup id=\"cite_ref-FAR_Part103_1-10\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span id=\"Operations\" class=\"mw-headline\" style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Operations<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Ultralight vehicle cannot be flown except between the hours of sunrise and sunset.<sup id=\"cite_ref-FAR_Part103_1-11\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Ultralight vehicles may be operated during the twilight periods 30 minutes before official sunrise and 30 minutes after official sunset or, in Alaska, during the period of civil twilight as defined in the Air Almanac, if:\n<ul>\n<li>The vehicle has an operating anti-collision light visible for at least 3 statute miles<\/li>\n<li>The flight is only in uncontrolled airspace<sup id=\"cite_ref-FAR_Part103_1-13\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ultralight vehicles cannot be flown over any congested area of a city, town, or settlement, or over any open air assembly of persons.<\/p>\n<p>Weight allowances can be made for amphibious landing gear and <a title=\"Ballistic parachute\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ballistic_parachute\">ballistic parachute<\/a> systems.<\/p>\n<p>In the United States, while no certification or training is required by law for ultralights, training is strongly advised.<sup id=\"cite_ref-USUAFAQ_2-4\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Definition of &#8220;ultralight&#8221; in the U.S. Regulation of ultralight aircraft in the United States is covered by the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 14 (Federal Aviation Regulations), Part 103, or 14 CFR Part 103, which defines an &#8220;ultralight&#8221; as a vehicle that: has only one seat Is used only for recreational or sport flying Does &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texas-flyer.com\/newblog\/?p=4791\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">FAR103-Wikipedia_<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faq"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texas-flyer.com\/newblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texas-flyer.com\/newblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texas-flyer.com\/newblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texas-flyer.com\/newblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texas-flyer.com\/newblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4791"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.texas-flyer.com\/newblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4792,"href":"https:\/\/www.texas-flyer.com\/newblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4791\/revisions\/4792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texas-flyer.com\/newblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texas-flyer.com\/newblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texas-flyer.com\/newblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}