Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 738 - OREGON DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION
Division 80 - AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION
Section 738-080-0015 - Definitions

(1) "Aircraft" means any contrivance used or designed for navigation of flight in the air. Examples include, but are not limited to, airplane or rotorcraft (helicopter, gyrocopter or autogyro). Aircraft specifically does not mean a one-person motorless glider that is launched from the earth's surface solely by the operator's power.

(2) "Commercial Use" means the conduct of aeronautical activity by means of business, concession, operation, or agency in order to provide goods or services to any person for compensation or hire. An activity for compensation or hire is considered a commercial activity regardless of whether the business is for-profit, nonprofit, charitable, or tax-exempt.

(3) "Department" means the Oregon Department of Aviation (ODA).

(4) "Educational Institution" has the same meaning given that term in ORS 837.360(1).

(5) "Manned Aircraft" means an aircraft or spacecraft transporting or operated by direct physical contact from a human or humans.

(6) "Model Aircraft" means an aircraft that is operated purely for recreational or hobby purposes without the possibility of direct human intervention from within or on the aircraft.

(7) "Private Use Aircraft" means aircraft operated by citizens, not operated for profit, and not owned or operated by a public body.

(8) "Public Body" has the same meaning given that term in ORS 837.300(3).

(9) "Public Use Aircraft" means aircraft under control of and in operation by a public body, excluding military or federal government aircraft.

(10) "Recreational Aircraft" means aircraft that is operated purely for recreational or hobby purposes, not operated for profit, and not by a public body.

(11) "Unmanned Aircraft System" (UAS) has the same meaning given that term in ORS 837.300(4).