The Civil Aviation (Aircraft Nationality and Registration Marks) Regulations, 2025
2. Interpretation
2. Interpretation
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—“Act" means the Civil Aviation Act (Cap. 394);“aeroplane” means a power-driven heavier-than-air aircraft deriving its lift in flight chiefly from aerodynamic reactions on surfaces which remain fixed under given conditions of flight;“aircraft” means any machine that can derive support in the atmosphere from the reactions of the air other than the reactions of the air against the earth’s surface;“airship” means a power-driven lighter-than-air aircraft;“balloon” means a non-power-driven lighter-than-air aircraft;“commercial air transport” means an aircraft operation involving the transport of passengers, cargo, or mail for remuneration or hire;“Contracting State” means a state that is a signatory to the Convention on International Civil Aviation;“fireproof material” means a material capable of withstanding heat as well as or better than steel when the dimensions in both cases are appropriate for the specific purpose;“glider” means a non-power-driven heavier-than-air aircraft, deriving its lift in flight chiefly from aerodynamic reactions on surfaces, which remain fixed under given conditions of flight;“gyroplane” means a heavier-than-air aircraft, supported in flight by the reactions of the air on one or more rotors which rotate freely on substantially vertical axes;“heavier-than-air aircraft” means any aircraft deriving its lift in flight chiefly from aerodynamic forces;“helicopter” means a heavier-than-air aircraft supported in flight chiefly by the reactions of the air on one or more power-driven rotors on substantially vertical axes;“ICAO” means International Civil Aviation Organization;“lighter-than-air” aircraft means any aircraft supported chiefly by its buoyancy in the air;“ornithopter” means heavier-than-air aircraft supported in flight chiefly by reactions of the air on planes to which a flapping motion is imparted;“remotely-piloted-aircraft (RPA)” means an unmanned aircraft which is piloted from a remote pilot station;“rotorcraft” means a power-driven heavier-than-air aircraft supported in flight by the reactions of the air on one or more rotors;“State of Registry” means the Contracting State on whose register an aircraft is entered;“Tribunal” means the National Civil Aviation Administrative Review Tribunal established under the Civil Aviation Act (Cap. 394); and“sea plane” means an aero plane equipped with floats or other devices enabling it to land and take off from the surface of water.Source: Kenya Law