What is a Civil and State aircraft?

1.Civil category:

Transport category aircraft

-          Passenger aircraft - these aircrafts carries paid passengers and their personal baggages.

-          Cargo aircraft        ­ - the aircrafts are only used for carrying paid cargo.

Aerial category aircraft

-          These aircraft SHALL not carry any passengers or cargo.

-          These aircraft is to be used for the following purpose:

·         Crop spraying (Agriculture)

·         Search and rescue

·         Fire fighting

·         Aerial photography

·         Cloud seeding

·         Para trooping or static drop or free fall

·         Constructions

·         Surveying

·         Observation and patrol

·         Aerial advertisement

Private category aircraft

-          Aircrafts used by individual people or a group of people for own use or pleasure.

Special category aircraft

-          These aircrafts are used for demonstration flights, with the view of sale

-          Aircraft being used for charter flights are also classified under this

-          Aircraft flying for maintenance repair or modification

-          Aircraft on flight test

2.State category:

-          State aircrafts are government owned aircrafts and are used in

·         Military

·         Police

·         Customs

-          The aircrafts do not come under DCA Malaysia but it has the respective Ministry of Defense or Ministry of Home Affairs.                                           

Copyright of World of Aeronautics