Aircraft—Construction, design, and airworthiness—United States licenses.
Section 5
SEC. 5. Aircraft—Construction, design, and airworthiness—United States licenses.—The public safety requiring, and the advantages of uniform regulation making it desirable in the interest of aeronautical progress that aircraft operating within the Philippine Islands should conform with respect to design, construction, and airworthiness to the standards prescribed by the United States Government with respect to navigation of civil aircraft subject to its jurisdiction, it shall be unlawful for any person to navigate an aircraft within the Philippine Islands unless such an aircraft has an appropriate, effective license issued by the Department of Commerce and Communications: Provided, however, That this restriction shall not apply to military or licensed civil aircraft of the United States, or to aircraft licensed by a foreign country with which the United States or the Philippine Islands has a reciprocal agreement covering the operation of such licensed aircraft.