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, e v e n w h e n c l o s e e n o u g h t o

c a p t u r e a m a z i n g i m a g e s

, m y U A S n e e d n o t b e s o c l o s e t o t h e o b j e c t s t h e y a r e f o c u s e d o n

t h r o u g h t h e t e c h n o l o g y a n d u s e o f p o s t e d i t i n g s o f t w a r e a l l o w i n g p a n a n d z o o m

.

A c c o r d i n g l y

, m y U A S h a s b e e n e x p e r i m e n t a l l y o p e r a t e d f o r f a m i l i a r i z a t i o n / c o m p e t e n c y a n d w i l l

c o n t i n u e t o o p e r a t e a t a n d a b o v e c u r r e n t s a f e t y l e v e l s

.

V I

. A S u m m a r y T h e F A A M a y P u b l i s h i n t h e F e d e r a l R e g i s t e r :

A

. 1 4 C

. F

. R

. 2 1 a n d 1 4 C

. F

. R

. 9 1 : A i r w o r t h i n e s s C e r t i f i c a t e s

, M a n u a l s a n d T h e L i k e

. 1 4 C

. F

. R

. 2 1

, S u b p a r t H

, e n t i t l e d A i r w o r t h i n e s s C e r t i f i c a t e s

, s e t s f o r t h r e q u i r e m e n t s f o r p r o c u r e m e n t o f

n e c e s s a r y a i r w o r t h i n e s s c e r t i f i c a t e s i n r e l a t i o n t o F A R § 9 1

. 2 0 3 ( a ) ( 1 )

. T h e s i z e

, w e i g h t a n d

e n c l o s e d o p e r a t i o n a l a r e a o f m y

, N a t h a n J

. M e y e r ’ s

, U A S p e r m i t s e x e m p t i o n f r o m P a r t 2 1b e c a u s e m y U A S m e e t s ( a n d e x c e e d s ) a n e q u i v a l e n t l e v e l o f s a f e t y p u r s u a n t t o S e c t i o n 3 3 3 o f

t h e R e f o r m A c t

. T h e F A A i s a u t h o r i z e d t o e x e m p t a i r c r a f t f r o m t h e a i r w o r t h i n e s s c e r t i f i c a t e

r e q u i r e m e n t u n d e r b o t h t h e A c t ( 4 9 U

. S

. C

. § 4 4 7 0 1 ( f ) ) a n d S e c t i o n 3 3 3 o f t h e R e f o r m A c t

. B o t h

p i e c e s o f l e g i s l a t i o n p e r m i t t h e F A A t o e x e m p t U A S ' s f r o m t h e a i r w o r t h i n e s s c e r t i f i c a t e

r e q u i r e m e n t i n c o n s i d e r a t i o n o f t h e w e i g h t

, s i z e

, s p e e d

, m a n e u v e r a b i l i t y a n d p r o x i m i t y t o a r e a s

s u c h a s a i r p o r t s a n d d e n s e p o p u l a t i o n s

. M y

, N a t h a n J

. M e y e r ’ s

, c u r r e n t a n d p r o j e c t e d U A S ' s

m e e t o r e x c e e d e a c h o f t h e e l e m e n t s

.

1 4 C

. F

. R

. 9 1

. 7 ( a ) p r o h i b i t s t h e o p e r a t i o n o f a n a i r c r a f t w i t h o u t a n a i r w o r t h i n e s s c e r t i f i c a t e

. A s

n o s u c h c e r t i f i c a t e w i l l b e a p p l i c a b l e i n t h e f o r m c o n t e m p l a t e d b y t h e F A R s

, t h i s R e g u l a t i o n i s

i n a p p l i c a b l e

. 1 4 C

. F

. R

. § 9 1

. 9 ( b ) ( 2 ) r e q u i r e s a n a i r c r a f t f l i g h t m a n u a l i n t h e a i r c r a f t

. A s t h e r e

a r e n o o n b o a r d p i l o t s o r p a s s e n g e r s

, a n d g i v e n t h e s i z e o f t h e U A S ' s

, t h i s R e g u l a t i o n i s

i n a p p l i c a b l e

. A n e q u i v a l e n t l e v e l o f s a f e t y w i l l b e a c h i e v e d b y m a i n t a i n i n g a s a f e t y / f l i g h t

m a n u a l d e l i n e a t i n g a r e a s o f w h e r e s a f e t y c a n b e d e f i n e d

. T h e F A A h a s p r e v i o u s l y i s s u e d 1

e x e m p t i o n s t o t h i s r e g u l a t i o n i n E x e m p t i o n N o s

. 8 6 0 7

, 8 7 3 7

, 8 7 3 8

, 9 2 9 9

, 9 2 9 9 A

, 9 5 6 5

, 9 5 6 5 B

,

1 0 1 6 7

, 1 0 1 6 7 A

, 1 0 6 0 2

, 1 0 7 0 0 a n d 3 2 8 2 7

. 1 4 C

. F

. R

. § 9 1

. 1 2 1 r e g a r d i n g a l t i m e t e r s e t t i n g s i s

i n a p p l i c a b l e i n s o f a r a s m y U A S u t i l i z e s e l e c t r o n i c g l o b a l p o s i t i o n i n g s y s t e m s w i t h a b a r o m e t r i c s e n s o r

.

1 4 C

. F

. R

. § 9 1

. 2 0 3 ( a ) a n d ( b ) p r o v i d e s f o r t h e c a r r y i n g o f c i v i l a i r c r a f t c e r t i f i c a t i o n s a n d r e g i s t r a t i o n s

.

T h e y a r e i n a p p l i c a b l e f o r t h e s a m e r e a s o n s d e s c r i b e d a b o v e

. T h e e q u i v a l e n t l e v e l o f s a f e t y w i l l b e

a c h i e v e d b y m a i n t a i n i n g a n y s u c h r e q u i r e d c e r t i f i c a t i o n s a n d r e g i s t r a t i o n s b y m e

, N a t h a n J

. M e y e r

.

B

. 1 4 C

. F

. R

. § 4 5

. 2 3 : M a r k i n g o f T h e A i r c r a f t

. A p p l i c a b l e C o d e s o f F e d e r a l R e g u l a t i o n r e q u i r e a i r c r a f t t o

b e m a r k e d a c c o r d i n g t o c e r t a i n s p e c i f i c a t i o n s

. M y U A S a r e

, b y d e f i n i t i o n

, u n m a n n e d

. T h e y t h e r e f o r e

d o n o t h a v e a c a b i n

, c o c k p i t o r p i l o t s t a t i o n o n w h i c h t o m a r k c e r t a i n w o r d s o r p h r a s e s

. F u r t h e r

,

t w o

- i n c h l e t t e r i n g i s d i f f i c u l t t o p l a c e o n s u c h s m a l l a i r c r a f t w i t h d i m e n s i o n s s m a l l e r t h a t m i n i m a l

l e t t e r i n g r e q u i r e m e n t

. R e g a r d l e s s

, I w i l l m a r k m y U A S i n t h e l a r g e s t p o s s i b l e l e t t e r i n g b y p l a c i n g t h e

w o r d “ E X P E R I M E N T A L ” o n i t s f u s e l a g e a s r e q u i r e d b y 1 4 C

. F

. R

. § 4 5

. 2 9 ( f ) s o t h a t I t h e p i l o t

, o r a n y o n e

a s s i s t i n g m e a s a v i s u a l o b s e r v e r w i t h t h e U A V w i l l s e e t h e m a r k i n g s

. T h e F A A h a s p r e v i o u s l y i s s u e d

e x e m p t i o n s t o t h i s r e g u l a t i o n t h r o u g h E x e m p t i o n s N o s

. 8 7 3 8

, 1 0 1 6 7

, 1 0 1 6 7 A a n d 1 0 7 0 0

.

C

. 1 4 C

. F

. R

. 9 1

. 1 1 9 : M i n i m u m S a f e A l t i t u d e s

. 1 4 C

. F

. R

. § 9 1

. 1 1 9 p r e s c r i b e s s a f e a l t i t u d e s f o r t h e

o p e r a t i o n o f c i v i l a i r c r a f t

. I t a l l o w s h e l i c o p t e r s t o b e o p e r a t e d a t l o w e r a l t i t u d e s i n c e r t a i n c o n d i t i o n s

.

M y U A S w i l l n e v e r o p e r a t e a t a n a l t i t u d e g r e a t e r t h a n 2 0 0 A G L ; s a f e l y b e l o w t h e s t a n d a r d o f 4 0 0 A G L

.

I

, N a t h a n J

. M e y e r

, w i l l h o w e v e r o p e r a t e m y U A S i n s a f e a r e a s a w a y f r o m p u b l i c a n d t r a f f i c

, p r o v i d i n g

a l e v e l o f s a f e t y a t l e a s t e q u i v a l e n t t o o r b e l o w t h o s e i n r e l a t i o n t o m i n i m u m s a f e a l t i t u d e s

. G i v e n t h e

s i z e

, w e i g h t

, m a n e u v e r a b i l i t y a n d s p e e d o f m y U A S

, a n e q u i v a l e n t o r h i g h e r l e v e l o f s a f e t y w i l l b e

a c h i e v e d

.

E

. 1 4 C

. F

. R

. 9 1

. 4 0 5 ( a ) ; 4 0 7 ( a ) ( 1 ) ; 4 0 9 ( a ) ( 2 ) ; 4 1 7 ( a ) & ( b ) : M a i n t e n a n c e I n s p e c t i o n s

. T h e a b o v e

- c i t e d

R e g u l a t i o n s r e q u i r e

, a m o n g s t o t h e r t h i n g s

, a i r c r a f t o w n e r s a n d o p e r a t o r s t o “ h a v e [ t h e ] a i r c r a f t

i n s p e c t e d a s p r e s c r i b e d i n s u b p a r t E o f t h i s p a r t a n d s h a l l b e t w e e n r e q u i r e d i n s p e c t i o n s

, e x c e p t a s

p r o v i d e d i n p a r a g r a p h ( c ) o f t h i s s e c t i o n

, h a v e d i s c r e p a n c i e s r e p a i r e d a s p r e s c r i b e d i n p a r t 4 3 o f t h i s

c h a p t e r

. . . . ” T h e s e R e g u l a t i o n s o n l y a p p l y t o a i r c r a f t w i t h a n a i r w o r t h i n e s s c e r t i f i c a t e

. T h e y w i l l n o t

,

1 A p p e n d i x E

- S a f e t y / F l i g h t M a n u a lt h e r e f o r e

, a p p l y t o m y

, N a t h a n J

. M e y e r ' s

, U A S

. H o w e v e r

, a s a s a f e t y p r e c a u t i o n I i n s p e c t m y U A S

b e f o r e a n d a f t e r e a c h f l i g h t

.

A S u m m a r y T h e F A A M a y P u b l i s h i n t h e F e d e r a l R e g i s t e r : A

. 1 4 C

. F

. R

. 2 1 a n d 1 4 C

. F

. R

. 9 1 :

A i r w o r t h i n e s s C e r t i f i c a t e s

, M a n u a l s a n d T h e L i k e

. 1 4 C

. F

. R

. 2 1

, S u b p a r t H

, e n t i t l e d

A i r w o r t h i n e s s C e r t i f i c a t e s

, s e t s f o r t h r e q u i r e m e n t s f o r p r o c u r e m e n t o f n e c e s s a r y a i r w o r t h i n e s s

c e r t i f i c a t e s i n r e l a t i o n t o F A R § 9 1

. 2 0 3 ( a ) ( 1 )

. T h e s i z e

, w e i g h t a n d e n c l o s e d o p e r a t i o n a l a r e a o f

m y U A S p e r m i t s e x e m p t i o n f r o m P a r t 2 1 b e c a u s e m y

, N a t h a n J

. M e y e r ’ s

, U A S m e e t s a n

e q u i v a l e n t l e v e l o f s a f e t y p u r s u a n t t o S e c t i o n 3 3 3 o f t h e R e f o r m A c t

. T h e F A A i s a u t h o r i z e d t o

e x e m p t a i r c r a f t f r o m t h e a i r w o r t h i n e s s c e r t i f i c a t e r e q u i r e m e n t u n d e r b o t h t h e A c t ( 4 9 U

. S

. C

. §

4 4 7 0 1 ( f ) ) a n d S e c t i o n 3 3 3 o f t h e R e f o r m A c t

. B o t h p i e c e s o f l e g i s l a t i o n p e r m i t t h e F A A t o

e x e m p t U A S ' s f r o m t h e a i r w o r t h i n e s s c e r t i f i c a t e r e q u i r e m e n t i n c o n s i d e r a t i o n o f t h e w e i g h t

,

s i z e

, s p e e d

, m a n e u v e r a b i l i t y a n d p r o x i m i t y t o a r e a s s u c h a s a i r p o r t s a n d d e n s e p o p u l a t i o n s

. M y

U A S m e e t s o r e x c e e d s e a c h o f t h e e l e m e n t s

. 1 4 C

. F

. R

. 9 1

. 7 ( a ) p r o h i b i t s t h e o p e r a t i o n o f a n

a i r c r a f t w i t h o u t a n a i r w o r t h i n e s s c e r t i f i c a t e

. A s n o s u c h c e r t i f i c a t e w i l l b e a p p l i c a b l e i n t h e f o r m

c o n t e m p l a t e d b y t h e F A R s

, t h i s R e g u l a t i o n i s i n a p p l i c a b l e

. 1 4 C

. F

. R

. § 9 1

. 9 ( b ) ( 2 ) r e q u i r e s a n

a i r c r a f t f l i g h t m a n u a l i n t h e a i r c r a f t

. A s t h e r e a r e n o p i l o t s o r p a s s e n g e r s

, a n d g i v e n t h e s i z e o f

t h e U A S ' s

, t h i s R e g u l a t i o n i s i n a p p l i c a b l e

. A n e q u i v a l e n t l e v e l o f s a f e t y w i l l b e a c h i e v e d b y

m a i n t a i n i n g a m a n u a l

. T h e F A A h a s p r e v i o u s l y i s s u e d e x e m p t i o n s t o t h i s r e g u l a t i o n i n

E x e m p t i o n N o s

. 8 6 0 7

, 8 7 3 7

, 8 7 3 8

, 9 2 9 9

, 9 2 9 9 A

, 9 5 6 5

, 9 5 6 5 B

, 1 0 1 6 7

, m a i n t e n a n c e p r o g r a m

t h a t i n v o l v e s r e g u l a r s o f t w a r e u p d a t e s a n d c u r a t i v e m e a s u r e s f o r a n y d a m a g e d h a r d w a r e

.

T h e r e f o r e

, a n e q u i v a l e n t l e v e l o f s a f e t y w i l l b e a c h i e v e d

.

I n s u m m a r y

, N a t h a n J

. M e y e r s e e k s a n e x e m p t i o n f r o m t h e f o l l o w i n g

R e g u l a t i o n s :

1 4 C

. F

. R

. 2 1

, s u b p a r t H ; 1 4 C

. F

. R

. 4 5

. 2 3 ( b ) ; 1 4 C

. F

. R

. § 9 1

. 7 ( a ) ; 1 4 C

. F

. R

. § 9 1

. 9 ( b ) ( 2 ) ; 1 4 C

. F

. R

. §

9 1

. 1 0 3 ( b ) ; 1 4 C

. F

. R

. § 9 1

. 1 0 9 ; 1 4 C

. F

. R

. § 9 1

. 1 1 9 ; 1 4 C

. F

. R

. § 9 1

. 1 2 1 ; 1 4 C

. F

. R

. § 9 1

. 1 5 1 ( a ) ; 1 4

C

. F

. R

. § § 9 1

. 2 0 3 ( a ) a n d ( b ) ; 1 4 C

. F

. R

. § 9 1

. 4 0 5 ( a ) ; 1 4 C

. F

. R

. § 9 1

. 4 0 7 ( a ) ( 1 ) ; 1 4 C

. F

. R

. § 9 1

. 4 0 9

( a ) ( 2 ) ; 1 4 C

. F

. R

. § 9 1

. 4 0 9 ( a ) ( 2 ) ; a n d

, 1 4 C

. F

. R

. § § 9 1

. 4 1 7 ( a ) & ( b ) t o c o m m e r c i a l l y o p e r a t e m y

,

N a t h a n J

. M e y e r ' s

, s m a l l u n m a n n e d v e h i c l e / l i g h t w e i g h t u n m a n n e d a i r c r a f t v e h i c l e i n

c o m m u n i t y a w a r e n e s s a n d r e a l e s t a t e o p e r a t i o n s

, a n d t o d e v e l o p e c o n o m i c p l a t f o r m s f o r r e a l

e s t a t e t o e n h a n c e t h e e x p e r i e n c e o f t h o s e s e e k i n g t o r e l o c a t e t o t h e F l o r i d a K e y s a r e a

. C u r r e n t l y

, a r e a a w a r e n e s s a n d r e a l e s t a t e a e r i a l v i d e o g r a p h y / p h o t o g r a p h y r e l i e s p r i m a r i l y o n

t h e u s e o f l a r g e r a i r c r a f t r u n n i n g o n c o m b u s t i b l e f u e l

. P o s i n g p o t e n t i a l r i s k t o t h e p u b l i c

. G r a n t i n g m y

, N a t h a n J

. M e y e r ’ s

, r e q u e s t f o r e x e m p t i o n w i l l r e d u c e c u r r e n t r i s k l e v e l s a n d

t h e r e b y e n h a n c e s a f e t y

. M y U A S c r a f t d o n o t c o n t a i n p o t e n t i a l l y e x p l o s i v e f u e l

, i s s m a l l e r

, l i g h t e r a n d m o r e m a n e u v e r a b l e t h a n c o n v e n t i o n a l r e a l e s t a t e v i d e o a n d p h o t o g r a p h i c a i r c r a f t

w i t h m u c h l e s s f l i g h t t i m e

. F u r t h e r

, I o p e r a t e a t l o w e r a l t i t u d e s a n d i n C l a s s G a i r s p a c e

e l i m i n a t i n g p o t e n t i a l p u b l i c r i s k f l y i n g t o a n d f r o m e s t a b l i s h e d a i r f i e l d s

. I

, N a t h a n J

. M e y e r

, h a v e

b e e n i n f o r m a l l y a n a l y z i n g f l i g h t i n f o r m a t i o n a n d w i l l c o m p i l e s a f e t y p r o t o c o l s a n d t h e

i m p l e m e n t a t i o n o f a f l i g h t o p e r a t i o n s m a n u a l f o r r e a l e s t a t e u s a g e t h a t e x c e e d s c u r r e n t l y

a c c e p t e d m e a n s a n d m e t h o d s f o r s a f e f l i g h t

. M y e x p e r i e n c e a s b o t h a C o m m e r c i a l l y l i c e n s e d

F l i g h t I n s t r u c t o r a n d l o n g

- t i m e U A S p i l o t w i l l p r o v i d e F o r m a l c o l l e c t i o n o f i n f o r m a t i o n s h a r e d

w i t h t h e F A A w i l l e n h a n c e t h e F A A ' s i n t e r n a l e f f o r t s t o e s t a b l i s h p r o t o c o l s f o r c o m p l y i n g w i t ht h e F A A M o d e r n i z a t i o n a n d R e f o r m A c t o f 2 0 1 2

. T h e r e a r e n o p e r s o n n e l o n b o a r d m y

, N a t h a n J

.

M e y e r ’ s

, U A S a n d t h e r e f o r e t h e l i k e l i h o o d o f d e a t h o r s e r i o u s b o d i l y i n j u r y i s s i g n i f i c a n t l y

d i m i n i s h e d

. M y

, N a t h a n J

. M e y e r ’ s

, o p e r a t i o n o f m y U A S

, w e i g h i n g l e s s t h a n 5 p o u n d s a n d

t r a v e l l i n g a t l o w e r s p e e d s w i t h i n l i m i t e d a r e a s w i l l p r o v i d e a n e q u i v a l e n t l e v e l o f s a f e t y a s t h a t

a c h i e v e d u n d e r c u r r e n t F A R s

. A c c o r d i n g l y I

, N a t h a n J

. M e y e r

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## Drone logbook report - 16 April 2015

Period : 2014-04-01 to 2015-04-16

Name: Nathan J. Meyer Email: rootsyloops@gmail.com

Totals in the system:

FLYING TIME

32 h 47 min FLIGHTS

115 DRONES

1 HOTSPOTS

1 EQUIPMENTS

1 MAINTENANCES

0



### FLIGHTS (115 in the period)

Flying time in this period : 32 h 47 min

Date Flight name Drone Type Minutes Hotspot

2015-04-14 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 10 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2015-04-14 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 8 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2015-04-10 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 10 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2015-04-10 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 9 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2015-04-07 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 10 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

1 / 18Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2015-04-07 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 8 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2015-04-05 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 10 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2015-04-05 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 9 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2015-04-02 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 10 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2015-04-02 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 11 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2015-03-29 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 9 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2015-03-29 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 10 Home/School

2 / 18Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2015-03-27 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 10 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2015-03-27 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 8 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2015-03-22 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 12 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2015-03-19 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 10 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2015-03-19 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 12 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2015-03-18 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 15 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

3 / 182015-03-18 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 17 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2015-03-15 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 14 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2015-03-15 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 15 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2015-03-10 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 17 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2015-03-10 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 15 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2015-03-09 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 18 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2015-03-09 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 16 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

4 / 18Notes:

2015-03-07 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 15 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2015-03-07 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 18 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2015-03-04 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 16 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2015-03-04 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 18 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2015-03-02 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 17 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2015-03-02 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 18 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2015-02-26 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 18 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

5 / 18Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2015-02-26 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 20 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2015-02-25 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 18 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2015-02-25 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 20 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2015-02-22 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 20 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2015-02-22 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 18 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2015-02-20 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 18 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2015-02-16 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 18 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

6 / 18Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2015-02-15 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 20 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2015-02-15 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 20 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2015-02-09 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 17 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2015-02-09 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 20 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2015-02-07 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 18 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2015-02-07 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 20 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2015-02-04 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 20 Home/School

7 / 18Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2015-01-28 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 15 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2015-01-27 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 18 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2015-01-20 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 20 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2015-01-15 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 20 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2015-01-15 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 19 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2015-01-08 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 15 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

8 / 182015-01-08 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 20 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2015-01-06 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 20 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2015-01-06 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 18 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2014-12-29 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 20 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2014-12-29 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 18 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2014-12-28 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 17 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2014-12-22 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 20 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

9 / 18Notes:

2014-12-22 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 18 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2014-12-20 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 18 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2014-12-15 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 20 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2014-12-15 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 20 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2014-12-11 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 18 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2014-12-11 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 20 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2014-12-10 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 15 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

10 / 18Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2014-12-10 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 20 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2014-12-07 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 20 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2014-12-04 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 19 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2014-11-24 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 15 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2014-11-24 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 20 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2014-11-21 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 17 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2014-11-21 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 18 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

11 / 18Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2014-11-18 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 20 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2014-11-10 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 20 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2014-11-09 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 20 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2014-11-09 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 17 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2014-11-07 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 20 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2014-11-07 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 18 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2014-11-03 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 20 Home/School

12 / 18Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2014-11-02 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 15 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2014-11-02 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 20 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2014-10-20 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 18 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2014-10-20 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 18 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2014-10-16 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 20 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2014-10-16 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 20 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

13 / 182014-10-10 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 19 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2014-10-10 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 16 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2014-10-04 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 18 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2014-10-04 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 20 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2014-10-02 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 19 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2014-09-14 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 20 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2014-09-14 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 21 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

14 / 18Notes:

2014-09-08 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 19 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2014-09-07 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 20 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2014-09-07 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 18 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2014-09-03 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 20 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2014-09-03 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 21 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2014-06-03 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 17 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2014-06-03 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 18 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

15 / 18Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2014-05-28 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 20 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2014-05-28 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 17 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2014-05-25 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 20 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2014-05-22 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 16 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2014-05-21 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 19 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2014-05-21 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 18 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2014-05-20 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 19 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

16 / 18Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2014-05-20 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 22 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2014-05-19 Nate Meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Test 17 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info: Approximately 150 hours with Parrot Drones - unlogged. Commercial instrument rated pilot manned aircraft with approx.

1000hours.

Equipments onboard: DJI Phantom 2 Plus

Nb landing: 5

Conditions:

Notes:

2014-05-19 Nate Meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Test 22 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info: Approximately 150 hours with Parrot Drones - unlogged. Commercial instrument rated pilot manned aircraft with approx.

1000hours.

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 5

Conditions:

Notes:

2014-05-19 Nate Meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Test 15 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info: Approximately 150 hours with Parrot Drones - unlogged. Commercial instrument rated pilot manned aircraft with approx.

1000hours.

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 5

Conditions:

Notes:

2014-05-19 Nate Meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Test 18 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info: Approximately 150 hours with Parrot Drones - unlogged. Commercial instrument rated pilot manned aircraft with approx.

1000hours.

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 5

Conditions:

Notes: Windy - 15 mph

2014-05-17 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 19 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

17 / 18Notes:

2014-05-17 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus Hobby 20 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: practice flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:

2014-05-17 nathan meyer DJI Phantom 2 Plus

DJI/Phantom 2 Vision Plus practice 15 Home/School

Project/Job Reference: first flight

Pilot info:

Equipments onboard:

Nb landing: 1

Conditions:

Notes:



### DRONE (1)

Name Brand Model Purchase date Serial Nb Type

DJI Phantom 2 Plus DJI Phantom 2 Vision Plus 2014-05-09 PH645211616 Quadcopter

Notes:



### EQUIPMENT (1)

Name Type For drone Purchase date Serial Nb

DJI Phantom 2 Plus ALL 2014-05-09 PH645211616

Notes:



### MAINTENANCE (0)

Name For Date Next date



### HOTSPOTS (1)

Name Latitude Longitude Altitude Type

Home/School 24.661666 -81.53448 51 Home/School

Notes:

Public info:



### BATTERY LOG (0 charges in the period)

Date Battery name Serial number Duration

(h) Before charge From charger Pre-flight Post-flight

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