493.020 - Definitions.
493.020 Definitions. As used in NRS 493.010 to 493.120, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Aircraft” includes balloon, airplane, hydroplane and any other vehicle used for navigation through the air. A hydroplane, while at rest on water and while being operated on or immediately above water, is governed by the rules regarding water navigation. A hydroplane while being operated through the air other than immediately above water, is an aircraft.
2. “Operator” includes aviator, pilot, balloonist and any other person having any part in the operation of aircraft while in flight.
3. “Passenger” includes any person riding in an aircraft, but having no part in its operation.
[1:66:1923; NCL § 275]—(NRS A 1991, 252)