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U. S. Department of Transportation May 1 , 2016 Docket Management System 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE Washington, DC 20590

Re : FAA Docket FAA

- 2015

- 2417 Exemption #12697

To Whom it May Concern :

Gowdy Brothers Aerospace, LLC , the leading section 333 Consulting Firm in the nation, is the Independent Consultant for Django Greenblatt

- Seay, LLC and TOPVIEW, INC

.

T he Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) assigned Django Greenblatt

- Seay, LLC ( hereafter “ Operator ”) an exemption number #12697 (the “Exemp tion”), a docket
number FAA

- 2015

- 2417 (the “Docket ”), pursuant to Section 333 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (the Reform Act) and 14 C.F.R. Part 11. That
Docket when granted will authorize commercial operations by Operator

.

Operator here with requests that its Docket be amended, to the extent necessary, to make the following changes:

1.) Add the following purposes/missions to the operators’ docket petition as with all of Gowdy Brothers Consulting Clients :

“The petitioner requested to operat e an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) to conduct aerial photography, videography, and cinematography for inspections, real estate, filmmaking, agriculture, search and rescue, training, special events, mining, and closed

- set filming.”

Which included the foll owing:

a. Aerial Data Collection to include the following: (1) bridge Inspections, (2) flare stack inspection, (3) utility

- power generation system inspections and patrolling, (4) aerial inspection, (5) photography and (6) videography of residential and (7) c ommercial real estate, (8) weddings, (9) aerial inspection, (10) photography and (11)Gowdy Brothers Aerospace, LLC Page 2 videography of (12) utility infrastructure including but not limited to (13) electrical power lines, (14) wind turbines and (15) cell towers, (16) pipeline inspection and (17) patrolling, (18) precision agriculture with one board sensors, (19) liquid and solid agriculture applications, (20) wildlife and forestry monitoring, (21) mosquito and insect control, (22) aerial surveying, (23) construction site inspection and (24) monitoring, (25) public entity support operations, (26) Aerial imaging for safety monitoring and (27) comparing work efforts and completion percentages, (28) security of controlled environment of various sites, (29) Aerial Photography and video photography over water and marina for boats and Yachts, (30) surface mining, (31) special events: including (32) high schools, (33) colleges and universities, (34) professional sports, (35) open air events and (36) state and county fairs, (37) research, (38) forensic analysis of traffic patterns (39) Fire and arson inspection, (40) risk management and (41) geographical information systems, (42) LIDAR applications, (43) aerial assessment, (44) independent contracting and sub

- contracting activities, (45) disaster and (4 6) catastrophe events.
b. Search and Rescue Operations (SRO) to include the following: (47) SRO independent contracting services, (48) SRO activities under the authority and support of local authority officials, (49) SRO first responders, including but not li mited to Fire, Police, Forestry, County
Sheriff’s department, private, (50) SRO with aerial video and live
video feed.

c. Motion Picture, Television and Closed Set Filming to include the following: (51) filmmaking, (52) cinematography, and (53) videography, ( 54) aerial video and live video feed, (55) aerial video and photography for public and private use including television, public events, and (56) cinematography live feed and live newsgathering, (57) motion picture, (58) television and (59) closed set
filmi ng. (GBA

- Motion Picture and Television Flight Operations Manual) attached as Confidential Information.
d. Training to include the following: (60) training to persons individually or (61) belonging to both private and public organizations, (62) training to inc rease awareness and (63) training to improve safety for current and future UAS operations within the NAS, (64) educational and degree granting programs for colleges and universities, (65) training in conjunction with FAA pilots and other sUAV training

cert ifications.

2.) Add the following “ List of Approved Unmanned Aerial Systems ” to Operator ’ s UAS operation /mission ; The operator is authorized by this grant of exemption to use any aircraft identified on the List of Approved Unmanned Aerial SystemsGowdy Brothers Aerospace, LLC Page 3 (UAS) under Section 333 at regulatory docket FAA

– 2007

– 3330 at www.regulations.gov, when weighing less than 55 pounds including payload. Proposed operations of any aircraft not on the list currently posted to the above docket will require a new petition or a petition t o amend this exemption.

3.) Django Greenblatt

- Seay, LLC has been purchased and is requesting a name change to TOPVIEW, INC. :

a. Please change the name of the exemption to TOPVIEW, INC.
b. Please see the Company Purchase Agreement including all assets of
the LLC att ached as Confidential Information.

This petition indicates that there are no change s in the conditions and reasons relative to public interest and safety that are in the original docket number for granting of this exemption.

The unmanned aircraft authori zed in the original docket are comparable in type, size, weight, speed and operations capabilities to those in this amendment petition.

As this amended Docket request is identical to exemptions that already have granted, this request should qualify for su mmary processing. The FAA has issued grants of exemption in circumstances similar in all material respects to t hose presented in this petition.

This amended exemption application expressly fulfills Congress’ goal in passing Section 333(a) through (c) of t he Reform Act

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AIRCRAFT AND EQUIVALENT LEVEL OF SAFETY/NATIONAL SECURITY

Operator states that operating in compliance with the conditions set forth in its Manuals will provide an equivalent level of safety for the operation of the its approved aircraft

t ype for the purposes requested herein.

THE REQUESTED AMENDMENT IS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST

The FAA has granted exemptions to the regulations listed above. As discussed in detail for each of these regulations, the public interest will be served by an exemp tion because, with respect to each, operation in compliance with the requested conditions will ensure an equivalent level of safety.

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Attachments deemed Confidential Information

(The following attached items will be submitted under separate cover as they contain proprietary and commercial information exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 522 et seq., and should be held in a separate file pursuant to 14 C.F.R. § 11.35(b)).

1. Django Greenblatt

- Seay, LLC purchase agreement by TOPVIEW, INC.

Sincerely,

Stephen Gowdy, Chief Pilot, Gowdy Brothers Aerospace, LLC

, as Independent
Consultants for Operator.

www.GowdyBrothers.com Info@GowdyBrothers.com

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