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f ue l doe s n o t i n c l ud e t h e ty p e o f r i sks t h a t S e ct i o n 91

. 1 5 1 (a ) w a s i n t en d e d to a l l e v ia t e

g i v e n t h e s i ze a n d s pe e d o f t h e s m a ll U AS

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t h e l an d ing z o ne

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peo p l e an d pro p er ty o w ner s, o r o f f i c i a l r e pre s en t a t i v e s w h o ha ve either given verbal

permission and/or s i gne d w a i v er s, w i ll b e a l l o w ed

.

T h i s r e q ue st f o r e x e m p t i o n fa l l s w i t h in t h e s co p e o f p r ior e x e m p t i on s, in c l u d i n g

E x e m p t i o n N o s. 1 0673

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c on t a i ne d i n 1 4 C. P .R. § 91

. 4 05( a )

, 91

. 407 ( a ) ( l )

, 91

. 409 ( a)( 2 ) ; 9 1

. 41 7 (a ) an d ( b)

. T he se

reg u l a t i on s s pe c i fy m a i n t enan ce an d i n s pe c t i o n s t and a rd s i n re f eren c e to 1 4 C. P .R.

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t he se s e c t io n s on l y a p p l y to a i r c ra ft w i t h a n a i r w or t h i ne ss c e r t i f i c a t e

, w h i ch t h e sU A S

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m o st f a m ili a r w i th t h e a i r c ra f t an d b e st s u i t e d to m a i n t a in t h e a i r c ra ft in a n a i r w or t h y

c ond ition t o pro v i d e th e e q u i v a l en t l e v e l o f s a f e ty.

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. D R UG A ND A L COHOL P ROG R A M

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f l y i n g pu b l i c i t s e r

v e s to s a fe an d e f f i c i en t f l i gh t s e r v i c e s

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Na t i on a l po l i cy s e t b y C o ngre ss f a v or s ea r l y in teg r a t i o n o f U A S i n to t h e N A S i n c on t r o l l e d

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c o mm er c i a l U A S oper a ti on s. SkeyeCatcher Media, LLC is committed to working with the

local FSDO to share data from its operations.

T h e p ub l i c a l so ha s a n i n t ere st i n r edu c i n g t h e ha z ard s an d e m i ss i on s a ss o c i a t e d w i th

a l t e r n a te u se o f c on v en t io n a l a i r c ra ft to c ondu c t s i m il a r op e ra t i on s. T h e s U A S in q u e s t i o n

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A l l f l ig h ts w i l l o cc u r i n a cc o rdan ce w i t h an y s ta te o r l o c a l l a w s r eg a r d i n g p r i v a cy.

IX. RISK MITIGATION

The petitioner has reviewed FAA exemptions reference's 1

- 3 Conditions and Limitations

section and believes that the procedures s pecified therein are reasonable and will be

utilized in order to manage and mitigate r isk and ensure public safety. A preflight checklist

has been developed (example attached) and employed to ensure that the UA

airworthiness will be verified before launch. Airworthiness will be maintained by

performance of routine inspections before each flight, maintaining flight and maintenance

logs to record time on failure

- prone components.

X

. F E D E R A L R E G I S T RY S U M M A R Y

P ur s uan t to 1 4 C. F .R. P ar t 1 1

, t h e f o l l o w i n g s u mm ar y i s pro v i d e d f o r pu b l i c a t i o n i n th e

F ede r a l Re g i st e r

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1 4 C F R P ar t 2 1

, S ubp a r t H; 1 4 C F R P ar t 27 ; 1 4 C F R 45

. 23( b ) ; 1 4 C F R 91

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. 1 0 3 ; 1 4 C F R 9 1

. 109( a ) ; 1 4 C F R 91

. 119 ; 1 4 C F R

91

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. 15 1 (a) ; 1 4 C F R 9 1

. 20 3 (a ) & ( b) ; 1 4 C F R 91

. 405 ( a) ; 1 4 C F R

91

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. 41 7 ( a ) & ( b )

.

A ppro v a l o f t h e se e x e m p t i on s w i ll a l l o w SkeyeCatcher Media, LLC to o f f e r o n

- de m an d

c o mm er c i a l sUAS ope r a t i on s f o r ap p l i c a t i o n s i n aerial photography and video

. T h e

e x e m p t i on s w i ll enhan c e s a f e ty b y r e du c i n g r i sk to t h e g e ner a l pu b l i c an d p rop e r ty

o w ner s f r o m t h e ha z ard s a ss o c i a t e d w i th pe r f or m i n g e q u i v a le n t w or k w i th c on v en t i o n a l

a i r c ra ft a n d ro t or c ra f t

.

XI. CONCLUSION

S a t i sf a c t i o n o f t h e c r i t e r i a p ro v i de d i n S e cti o n 33 3 o f t h e Re for m A ct o f 201 2

- s i z e

, w e i gh t,

s p e ed

, o pera t i n g c a p a b i l ities, p ro x i m i ty to a i rpor ts an d po p u la te d area s, opera t i o n w i t hi n

v i s u a l l i n e o f s i gh t, a n d na t i o na l s e c u r i t y

- p ro v i de s m or e t ha n adequa te j u st i f i c a t ion f o r t h e

gran t o f t h e re q ue st e d e x e m p t i on s to per m i t SkeyeCatcher Media, LLC to ope r a te sU AS s

an d p ro v i d e o n

- de m an d s U A S s er v i c e s t o p r i v a te e n titi e s.

G r an t i n g t h e r e que st e d e x e m p t i o n w i ll be n e f i t t h e pu b l i c i n t ere st a s a w ho l e i n m an y w a ys,

i n clu d i n g (1 ) s i g n if i c an t l y i m pro v i n g s a f e ty an d redu c i n g r i sk b y a l le v i a t i n g hu m a n

e x po s ur e to danger

, a n d (2 ) i m pro v i n g t h e q u a l i ty o f s er v i c e s a n d de c rea s ing ope r a t i n g

c o sts c o m pare d w i th c on v en t i o n a l f l i gh t oper a t i on s

.If y o u ha ve an y q u e s t i on s o r r e q u i r e an y ad d i t io na l in for m a t i on

, p l ea se d o no t he s i t a te

to c a l l.

Best regards,

Todd Foster

, O w n e r

SkeyeCatcher Media, LLC

7248 Rosemary Dr

Helena, MT 59602

(406) 580

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A TTACHMENTS :

Yuneec Q500+ Typhoon Instruction Manual V2. 0 (Manufacturer’s Instruction M anua l)

Yuneec Q500+ Typhoon Quick Start Guide V3.0

Yuneec Q500+ Cheat Sheet

- Warning Sheet V1.0

Yuneec ST10+ Ground Station Quick Start Guide V1.0

Preflight Checklist (Example)