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(2)Article 2 is amended as follows:
(a)points (1), (1a) and 1(b) are replaced by the following:
(1)“aeroplane” means an engine-driven fixed-wing aircraft heavier than air that is supported in flight by the dynamic reaction of the air against its wings;
(1a)“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;
(1b)“balloon” means a manned lighter-than-air aircraft which is not power-driven and sustains flight through the use of either a lighter-than-air gas or an airborne heater, including gas balloons, hot-air balloons, mixed balloons and, although power-driven, hot-air airships;’;
(b)the following points (1c), (1d) and (1e) are inserted:
(1c)“sailplane” means a heavier-than-air aircraft that is supported in flight by the dynamic reaction of the air against its fixed lifting surfaces, the free flight of which does not depend on an engine;
(1d)“commercial operation” means any operation of an aircraft, in return for remuneration or other valuable consideration, which is available for the public or, when not made available to the public, which is performed under a contract between an operator and a customer, where the latter has no control over the operator;
(1e)“tethered gas balloon” means a gas balloon with a tether system that continuously anchors the balloon to a fixed point during operation;’;
(c)point (9) is replaced by the following:
(9)“introductory flight” means any operation against remuneration or other valuable consideration consisting of an air tour of short duration for the purpose of attracting new trainees or new members, performed either by a training organisation referred to in Article 10a of Commission Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011note or by an organisation created with the aim of promoting aerial sport or leisure aviation;
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