Sec. 79.1. Definitions

The following terms shall have these meanings:

(a) Aircraft shall mean and include any and all 125 contrivances now or hereafter used for the navigation of or flight in air or space.

(b) Airport shall mean Stewart International Airport, Newburgh, New York.

(c) Airport operator shall mean the New York State Department of Transportation or its managing agent.

(d) Air operations area shall mean that portion of the airport reserved exclusively for the storage, movement, takeoff and landing of aircraft.

(e) Commercial activity shall mean and include any and all activity conducted at or out of the airport by any person, in which any product is exchanged or sold, or any service provided for monetary gain or exchange of goods or services.

(f) Fixed base operator shall mean a firm doing business at the airport dedicated to the sale, storage and hangaring of aircraft, the sale of petroleum, oil and lubricants, the services of maintenance, repair and modification of aircraft, engines and ancillary equipment, the cleaning and provisioning of aircraft, and the provision of transient and related services pursuant to an agreement with the airport operator.

(g) Flight training shall mean any use of an aircraft to increase or maintain pilot proficiency.

(h) Fuel shall mean the substance, either solid, liquid or gaseous, used to operate any engine in an aircraft or vehicle.

(i) Fuel handling shall mean the transporting, delivering, fueling and defueling of fuel or fuel waste products.

(j) Jet aircraft shall mean and include any and all aircraft which are not propeller-driven, and which accomplish motion entirely as a direct reaction to the thrust of any engine.

(k) Operator shall mean the owner of an aircraft or any person who has rented or leased such an aircraft for the purpose of operation by himself or his own agents or any person operating an aircraft.

(l) Permission shall mean a right or approval granted by the airport operator in writing.

(m) Person shall mean any individual, firm, co-partnership, corporation, association, or company (including any assignee, receiver, trustee or similar representative thereof), or the United States of America or any foreign government or any state or political subdivision thereof, or the United Nations.

(n) Rules and regulations shall mean these rules and regulations as set forth in this Part.

(o) Touch-and-go shall mean the act of landing an aircraft on a runway and immediately departing before coming to a full stop.

(p) Vehicle shall mean and include automobiles, trucks, trailers, buses, motorcycles, horsedrawn vehicles, bicycles, push carts and any other device in or upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported, carried or drawn upon land, except railroad rolling equipment or other devices running only on stationary rails or tracks or aircraft.