As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) “Aircraft” means any contrivance invented, used, or designed for the navigation of or flight in the air and which is required to be registered under the laws of the United States. “Aircraft” does not include experimental aircraft; and
(2) “Federal aviation regulations” means regulations adopted by the Federal Aviation Administration regarding identification and registration markings, procedures for products and parts, maintenance, preventive maintenance, rebuilding and alteration regulations, and general operating and flight rules, 14 C.F.R. Parts 21, 43, 45, 47, and 91 as those regulations existed on January 1, 1990.