Geoffrey Scott Maguire & Teena Marie Maguire

11616 N. Bedivere Dr

Spokane, WA 99218

maguireteena@gmail.com / scotmaguire@hotmail.com

N-543TW

U.S. Department of Transportation

Docket Management System

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE

Washington, DC 20590

Dear Exemption Manager,

We are submitting our Petition for Exemption for Unmanned Aircraft Systems operations. The 

requested exemption would permit us to pursue commercial interests in providing services to 

clients using a sUAV in the following areas:

• Real Estate

• Marketing

• Special Events

• Live Sporting Events

We state that all sUAS flights will occur over private or controlled access property and will do so 

with the property owner’s consent and knowledge and that only people who have consented or 

otherwise have agreed to be in the area where videography will take place.

We are currently seeking exemption of:

14 C.F.R. Part 21

14 C.F.R. 45.23(b)

14 C.F.R. 61.113(a) & (b)

14 C.F.R. 91.7(a)

14 C.F.R. 91.9(b) (2)

14 C.F.R. 91.109

14 C.F.R. 91.119

14 C.F.R. 91.121

14 C.F.R. 91.151(a)

14 C.F.R. 91.203(a) & (b)

14 C.F.R. 91.205(b)

14 C.F.R. 91.215

14 C.F.R. 91.401 – 91.417

If we have omitted any other relevant section for our intended operations, please feel free to 

suggest the missing section(s).
Suggested Public Federal Register Summary:

“The petitioners are seeking an exemption to operate an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) with a

maximum weight of less than three pounds to perform Marketing Services, Real Estate and Live 

Sporting Events. Data gathered may include still images as well as moving images captured with 

an onboard camera.”

Unmanned Aircraft System

sUAVs offer an aerial video gathering platform with a smaller device, reduced noise and cheaper 

equipment and personnel cost. We are petitioning for an exemption to operate a DJI Phantom 

3 Standard with a built-in stabilized HD camera and GPS safety features which limit its ability 

to limit the height it flies above ground level (AGL), to limit the radius of the distance it flies 

from the operator and to exclude it from operations within designated Class B, C and D airspace 

including a no-fly zone feature preventing it from entering a restricted area. The DJI Phantom 3 

Standard also has a failsafe function that is triggered in the event communication is lost between 

the sUAS and the main controller transmitter. At that time, the sUAS will return to its point of 

takeoff and land safety. If the connection is restored, control of the flight returns to the operator.

These specifications meet with the Model Aircraft Operating Standards as set below:

• The petitioner will only operate its sUAS in line-of-sight and will operate at sites that are a 

sufficient distance from populated areas within the sterile area as described in the FOPM. 

Such operations will ensure that the sUAS will “not create a hazard to national airspace 

system or to the public.”

• When flying the sUAS within five (5) miles of an airport, airport operators will be notified 

and authorization received before any scheduled flight.

• Maximum flight time for each operation will be 25 minutes.

• Flights will be terminated when battery levels reach 25%, allowing sufficient reserve time to 

safely land the sUAS.

• The sUAS has a maximum altitude of 400 feet AGL, and not more than 200 feet above an 

elevated platform from which videography is planned.

• The sUAS operated by the petitioner weighs less than 25 pounds, including all

• payload (i.e. camera, lens, and stabilized gimbal).

• The sUAS will operate at speeds of no more than 26 knots, can hover, and can

• simultaneously move vertically and horizontally.

We respectively request exemption under Section 333 to enable Geoffrey Scott Maguire & Teena 

Marie Maguire limited, low-risk commercial sUAS operations for the activities stated and we will 

at all times respect the space and privacy of citizens, property and maintain airspace safe.

Sincerely,

Geoffrey Scott Maguire & Teena Marie Maguire

11616 N Bedivere Dr

Spokane, WA 99218