Section 14.16.090 - Certain aircraft to carry survival kit-Contents-Misdemeanor to operate without-Exceptions(1) Any aircraft used to carry persons or property for compensation, or any aircraft that is rented or leased without a pilot shall be equipped with a survival kit consisting of those items prescribed by the department of transportation, which shall include, at least the following: (a) A tube tent or similar sheltering device;(b) a horn, whistle, or similar audible device capable of emitting a signal one-quarter of a mile;(c) a mirror;(d) matches;(e) a candle and/or another fire-starting device; and(f) survival instruction.(2) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate such aircraft without such a survival kit: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That nothing in this section shall apply to: (a) Instructional flights by an air school, with the exception of solo flights by students;(b) aircraft owned by and exclusively in the service of the United States government;(c) aircraft registered under the laws of a foreign country;(d) aircraft owned by the manufacturer thereof while being operated for test or experimental purposes, or for the purpose of training crews for purchasers of the aircraft; and(e) aircraft used by any air carrier or supplemental air carrier operating in accordance with the provisions of a certificate of public conveyance and necessity under the provisions of the federal aviation act of 1958, Public Law 85-726, as amended.