Section 64-1-3 - Qualifications of operators; federal license. - New Mexico Statutes

64-1-3. Qualifications of operators; federal license.

The public safety requiring and the advantages of uniform regulations making it desirable in the interest of aeronautical progress that a person engaging within this state in navigating the aircraft described in Section 2 [64-1-2 NMSA 1978] hereof in any form of navigation for which license to operate such aircraft would be required by the United States government shall have the qualifications necessary for obtaining and holding the class of license required by the United States government. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in operating such aircraft within this state in any form of navigation unless he have such a license.