February 24, 2014

U.S. Department of Transportation

Docket Operations, M-30

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE

West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140

Washington, DC 20590-0001

Re: Amendment of Media Wing, LLC Exemption No. 14123, Regulatory Docket No. 

FAA-2015-4607 Pursuant to Section 333 of the FAA Modernization and Reform 

Act of 2012 and Part 11 of the Federal Aviation Regulations

Dear Sir or Madam:

Pursuant to Section 333 of the FAA Modernization Act of 2012 and 14 CFR Part 11, 

Media Wing, LLC hereby requests a modification to Exemption No. 14123, Regulatory 

Docket No. FAA-2015-4607, Condition and Limitation 1, to allow commercial 

operations of additional sUAS so long as such operations are conducted within and under 

the conditions and limitations of Exemption No. 14123 or as established by the FAA. 

The requested amendment of Exemption No. 14123 allows for the use of aircraft that

have been approved for aerial data collection in Exemption No. 12646A to Measure, a 32 

Advisors Company, LLC (see Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2015-1602), and Exemption 

No. 13152 to Kansas Studios, LLC (see Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2015-3044). 

Therefore, it is requested that the FAA consider a fast track process to approve the 

modifications of Exemption No. 14123.

This amendment request is organized by Section. Section 1 describes the petitioner. Sections 

2-5 respond to the FAA Public Guidance for Petitions for Exemptions filed under Section 

333. The appendix contains a list of previously approved aircraft for which Media Wing,

LLC requests an amendment for Exemption No. 14123.

Sincerely, 

Fred W. Depuy

Founder and CEO, Media Wing LLC
Section 1: Introduction and Description of Petitioner

Media Wing, LLC provides industrial UAV solutions to the utility, telecommunications, 

engineering, public safety, and commercial sectors. By working in close partnership with 

clients, and using the most advanced UAV technology and sensors, Media Wing offers 

various aerial data collection services.

We pride ourselves on continuously maintaining an extraordinary level of safety. Our team of 

experienced pilots includes a commercial pilot and flight instructor with over 4,000 hours of 

flight time; a private pilot with a master’s degree in aerospace engineering and a private pilot 

with over 25 years experience in the utility, bridge inspection and telecommunication sectors 

and 400+ hours flying UAVs. 

Media Wing considers the safety of its employees, clients, and the public paramount and 

operates under the guidelines and limitations of Exemption No. 14123 to protect that safety. 

Section 2: Unmanned Aerial Systems 

Regarding the Unmanned Aircraft System 

1. Petitioners should describe how the proposed UAS operation will be safely conducted to 

minimize risk to the NAS or to persons and property on the ground. Specifically, petitioners 

should describe the design and operational characteristics for the type(s) of UAS they intend 

to operate, e.g. aircraft performance and performance limitations, operating procedures, and 

aircraft loading information in as much detail as possible. This could be provided in the 

petition or in an Aircraft Flight Manual or similar document. 

NOTE: The FAA will consider all information and data submitted by the petitioner that 

describes the UAS developmental and operational history. This could include statistical data 

or other documentation for the specific design and performance characteristics of the UAS, 

including the operational history and operational failure modes, obtained through previous 

Research & Development (R&D) and/or flight test activities, e.g. operations conducted under 

a COA, with a civil airworthiness certificate, or under other authorized operating conditions. 

2. Petitioners should describe any procedures they would implement, such as pre-flight 

inspections, maintenance, and repair, to ensure that the UAS is in a condition for safe flight. 

This could be provided in the petition, an Aircraft Flight Manual, a Maintenance and 

Inspection Manual, or similar document. 

NOTE: The Aircraft Flight Manual and Maintenance and Inspection Manual may be 

separate documents or combined in a single document 

3. The petitioner should describe the Radio Frequency (RF) spectrum used for control of the 

UAS and associated equipment that is part of the UAS (i.e., sensors, cameras, etc.), and 

whether it complies with Federal Communications Commission (FCC) or other appropriate 

government oversight agency requirements. 

NOTE: Petitioners should be able to provide the FCC approval letter or show compliance 

with FCC requirements upon request.
General Information Pertaining to All Proposed Aircraft

Media Wing intends to operate sUAS with a maximum takeoff weight of less than 55 pounds, 

with the ability to conduct vertical takeoff and landings, hover and carry payloads consistent 

with conducting aerial data collection. 

Media Wing hereby requests a modification to Exemption No. 14123 to allow commercial 

operations of additional cited sUAS so long as such operations are conducted within and 

under the conditions and limitations of Exemption No. 14123, or as established by the FAA. 

Currently, Media Wing is approved to operate the DJI Phantom 2, DJI Phantom 3 and DJI 

Inspire 1 under Exemption No. 14123. 

The aircraft in the Appendix are requested to be added to Media Wing’s Exemption No. 

14123. They have all been approved for aerial data acquisition in Exemption Nos. 12646A 

and 13152.

Flight Crews shall conduct pre-flight inspections as recommended by the manufacturers and 

outlined in the Media Wing Pilot Guide and Standard Operating Procedures. 

Section 3: Unmanned Aircraft Pilot in Command (PIC)

Regarding the Unmanned Aircraft PIC 

4. Petitioners should describe the qualifications required of any PIC(s) who will be directly 

responsible for the operation of the UAS, including information such as: the level of airman 

certificate held; any applicable training related to the operation; and any minimum hours of 

flight experience required by the PIC(s), both total flight time and the time with the 

particular UAS. If the operation would use visual observers, petitioners should describe their 

roles and qualifications. 

5. Petitioners should describe the medical standards and certification of the PIC(s) directly 

responsible for the operation of the UAS. 

Flight Crew Qualifications and Standards will conform to Media Wing Exemption No. 14123

or as established by the FAA.

Section 4: Operations of sUAS

Regarding the Operation of the Unmanned Aircraft 

6. Petitioners should fully describe their intended UAS operation(s). Petitioners should 

describe how the proposed operation(s) would not adversely affect safety, or how they would 

provide a level of safety at least equivalent to that provided by the rule from which exemption 

is sought. Petitioners should address any plans to implement clearly defined operational 

borders and procedures to ensure public safety, which includes persons and property both in 

the air and on the ground. This can be described in the petition, in an Operations Manual, or 

similar document. 

NOTE: The FAA will closely examine the proposed operation(s) with respect to safety of 
flight, NAS safety considerations, and the safety of the non-participating persons and 

property during the operational period and within the operational area. 

7. Petitioners should specify the proposed maximum operating speed and altitude, and 

describe minimum flight visibility and distance from clouds for their intended operation(s). 

Petitioners should describe potential hazards and safety mitigations associated with these 

proposed conditions. These issues can be addressed in the petition, an Operations Manual, 

or similar document. 

8. Petitioners should describe the characteristics of the area of intended operation(s) and the 

associated potential hazards, in accordance with the statutory mandate under Section 333 

regarding proximity to populated areas. These issues can be addressed in the petition, an 

Operations Manual, or similar document. 

9. Petitioners should describe if they intend to operate in the proximity of any airports, in 

accordance with the statutory mandate under Section 333 regarding proximity to airports.

10. The UAS must be operated within visual line-of-sight (VLOS), in accordance with the 

statutory mandate under Section 333(b)(1). Petitioners should describe how they intend to 

comply with his mandate. 

11. Petitioners should describe any procedures they would implement for conducting a 

preflight safety risk assessment to determine that the UAS is in a condition for safe flight (14 

CFR § 91.7(b)) and that the planned operation can be completed safely. These procedures 

can be addressed in the petition, an Aircraft Flight Manual, Operations Manual, or similar 

document. 

12. If petitioners intend to conduct operations which have existing requirements to notify 

Flight Standards District Offices (FSDOs) prior to operations – such as motion picture and 

television filming, or pipeline and power line patrol – petitioners should describe their 

intended coordination in this regard for their proposed operation(s). 

13. The FAA intends to require entities who obtain an exemption under this process to also 

obtain a Certificate of Waiver or Authorization (COA) from the FAA Air Traffic 

Organization prior to conducting operation(s) in the NAS. 

Media Wing, LLC sUAS Operations shall conform to Exemption No. 14123 or as established 

by the FAA.

Section 5: Requested Exemptions from Regulations

No additional exemptions from regulations are requested beyond what was approved in 

Media Wing, LLC Exemption No. 14123
Appendix

1. 3D Robotics Aero-M or Aero-M 

2. 3D Robotics Iris 

3. 3D Robotics Iris+ 

4. 3D Robotics X8 1. 3DRobotics Fixed Wing 2. 3DRobotics Multirotor 3. 3DRobotics 

Quadrotor 4. 3DRobotics Spektre or 3D Robotics Spektre Industrial Multi-Rotor Aerial 

Vehicle 

5. 3D Robotics Solo or 3DR Solo 

6. 3DRobotics X8+ 

7. 3D Robotics X8-M or X8-M 

8. 3D Robotics Y6 

9. Aerial Mob Heavy Lifter 

10. Aerial Mob Light Lifter 

11. Aerial Remote Mineral Detection System (ARMDS) 

12. Aerialtronics Altura Zenith ATX8 or Aerialtronics Zenith with integrated Airware 

system 

13. Aerigon 

14. Aerobo 

15. AeroCine Kopterworx Hammer X12 or Kopterworx Hammer X12 

16. AeroLogix GeoStar 

17. Aeromao AeroMapper 300 

18. Aeromao Talon 

19. Aeromao Aeromapper EV-2 

20. AeroVironment Shrike or Shrike 

21. AeroVironment Puma or Puma AE DDL 

22. Aerovironment Qube 

23. Aeronavics X4 Titanium 

24. Aervonics Sky Jib 

25. Aeryon Scout 

26. Aeryon SkyRanger or Aeryon Sky Ranger 

27. AgEagle 

28. AgEagle Robotic 

29. AgScout 

30. AgScout Mini 

31. Agribotix Hornet Drone 

32. Agribotix Enduro Quad 

33. AgriView VK Ranger EX or Viking Unmanned Aerial Systems, LLC AgriView VK 

Ranger EX or VK- Ranger EX- SAR Fixed Wing UAS 

34. Aibotix Aibot X-6 or Aibot 

35. Air Rover AR-300 

36. AirCover QR-425s 5 

37. AirRobot AR 180 

38. AirRobot AR 100 

39. AirRobot AR200 

40. Air - X 
41. Align M690 

42. Altavian Nova F6500 

43. Altavian Nova R8400 

44. Altus X - 4 

45. Altus X - 8 

46. American Drones, LLC Eagle 

47. Apprentice 

48. Arch Aerial OCTO multi -rotor UAS 

49. Arris hexacoper

50. AR -960 Hex Rotor 

51. AR -540 Quad Rotor 

52. ARF -MikroKopter OktoXL 

53. ARF -MikroKopter OktoXL 6S12 

54. ArrowLite 

55. AscTec Falcon 8 or AscTec Falcon 

56. Astraeus Aerial Cinema System V.3CS 

57. Atlantic RC Aircraft LC04 7 

58. Auburn War Eagle 

59. Auburn EasyStar 

60. AV44 

61. Birdseyeview Firefly 6 or Fire Fly 6 

62. Blade 350QX 

63. Bixler 2 

64. Boomerang Carbon Fiber Frame 

65. Bormatec Maja UAV 

66. BOSH Technologies Super Swiper 

67. Bumblebee - S 

68. C -Astral Bramor gEO 

69. CarbonCore Octocopter 1000 

70. Carbon Core Cortex Quadcopter 

71. CCO w/Wkm M 

72. Cinestar 6 

73. Cinestar X8 

74. Cinestar 8 

75. Cinestar 8 HL 

76. Cinestar 8 Okto XL 

77. Coaxial Quad Multirotor VAO1 -V1 

78. Coaxial Quad Multirotor VAO2 -V2 

79. CopelandRED LLC Delta Wing Aircraft 

80. CyberQuad Maxi 6 

81. DJI Flame Wheel F450 or DJI F-450 

82. DJI Flame Wheel F550 

83. DAx8 

84. DJI Inspire 

85. DJI Inspire 1or DJI Inspire T600 or Q1 

86. DJI Inspire 2 
87. DJI Phantom 

88. DJI Phantom 1 

89. DJI Phantom 2 

90. DJI Phantom 2+ 

91. DJI Phantom 2 Vision 

92. DJI Phantom 2 Vision+ 

93. DJI Phantom Vision + 

94. DJI Phantom 3 

95. DJI Phantom 4

96. DJI Spreading Wings S900 

97. DJI Spreading Wings S1000 

98. DJI Spreading Wings S1000+ 

99. DJI S800 

100. DJI S800 EVO 

101. Draganflyer Guardian 

102. Draganflyer X4ES 

103. Draganflyer X4P 

104. Draganflyer X6 

105. DT-18 

106. DYS D800-X8 

107. Eagle VTOL 

108. E-Flite Apprentice 

109. Event 38 E384 

110. Falcon VTOL 

111. First Aerial Responder - Sight 

112. Flame Wheel G4 7.8 Skycrane or Multirotor G4 7.8 Skycrane 

113. Flying-Cam 3.0 SARAH 

114. Foxtech Kraken 130 V2 or K130 Octocopter 

115. FreeFly Systems ALTA RTF 

116. G4 Eagle 

117. GerMAP G220 

118. GerMAP G180 

119. goFarm GF-1 

120. Gryphon Dynamics X8 

121. GT80X 

122. Harris 18 HL 

123. HEFF 

124. Helios 960 7 

125. HexaCrafter HC -1100 

126. HexaCrafter HO -1250 

127. HH Blade 350QX2 AP 

128. Hobbyking “Bixler” Fixed Wing Trainer 

129. HoneyComb AgDrone 

130. Hoverfly LiveSky 

131. Hoverfly BigSky 60 

132. Hoverfly H -Frame 
133. Hubsan X4 micro drone 

134. HVP 14301 Multi Rotor 

135. InovalDrone:Inova One 

136. InspecTools X -8 or ITX8 

137. InstantEye Mk - 2 

138. InstantEye Mk -2 Gen2 

139. Intuitive Aerial Aeragon 

140. KongCopter X8 

141. Latitude HQ -4 Hybrid Multirotor 

142. LB700 

143. Leading Edge Precision Vision 10 

144. Leptron Avenger 

145. Lewis Realty Associates Hexacopter 650 

146. Liberty 1 

147. Lockheed Martin Desert Hawk III 

148. Lockheed Martin Indago or Indago 

149. MaxFlight

150. MD4 -200 

151. MD4 -1000 or Frame Ronin Edition Microdrones:MD4 -1000 

152. Mikrokopter 2.5 

153. MLB Company Super Bat 

154. MU -1H 

155. Multirotor G4 7.8 Skycrane 

156. Nighthawk VTOL or Nighthawk 

157. PAG X4 

158. Park zone Radian RTF 

159. Parrot Bebop drone 

160. Parrot PF 725100 Bebop Drone 14MP 

161. Patriot X4 

162. Patriot X8 

163. Finwing Penguin V2 

164. Phoenix VTOL or Phoenix 

165. Phoenix 60 

166. Phoenix 60LE 

167. Pinnacl X Chameleon Pro 

168. Precision Drone Pacesetter 8 

169. PrecisionHawk 

170. PrecisionHawk Hawkeye Mk-III or Hawkeye Mk-III 

171. PrecisionHawk Lancaster 

172. Precision Lancaster MK3 

173. Prioria Hex 

174. Prioria’s Maveric 

175. Pulse Aerospace, PA 01 Vapor 

176. Pulse Aerospace Pulse Vapor 35 

177. Pulse Vapor 

178. PV 14817 Multi Rotor 
179. PV HL1 

180. PV HL2 

181. Quadcopter LLC MikroKopter 

182. Quiet UAV 

183. R/C Rotors and Aerial Media: Matrix Prof. Multi Rotor Frame & Octo Heavy Lift 

Prof. Multi Rotor 

184. RCTimer Hexacopter 

185. RDASS 

186. REHawk 500

187. REHawk 680 

188. Roboflight RF-70 

189. Riegl RiCopter 

190. RITEWING Z3 Spade 47” 

191. Ritewing Drake 60” 

192. RITEWING Z3 Spade 70” 

193. RITEWING Z4 Spade 52” 

194. Rotomotion SR-15 

195. RV Jet 

196. Scout X4 

197. SD02 

198. Seahawk 1.2 

199. SelectTech Geospacial’s EH-4 

200. SenseFly eBee 

201. SenseFly eBee RTK 

202. SenseFly eXom 

203. Sensurion Magpie MP-1 

204. Service-Drone Recon One 

205. Service-Drone Blackbird 

206. SH 900 

207. ShadowHawk 

208. Sirius 

209. SkyCatch 

210. SkyJib 8 v.2 Heavy Lifter 

211. SkyPhilly M1 9 

212. Skywalker Aero 

213. Skywalker Flying Wing X8 

214. SnapRoll Media SUAS 

215. Solutions Phoenix 30

216. SteadiDrone 

217. Steadidrone QU4D 

218. Steadidrone Mavrik 

219. SuperX/P2 Multirotor 

220. Swift Radioplanes Lynx 

221. Tali 500 

222. Talon 120LE 

223. Tarot FY690S Hexacopter 
224. Tarot quadcopter 

225. Tarot 680pro 

226. Tarot 690 

227. Tarot 900 

228. Tarot 960 

229. Tarot T-15 or Tarot T15 C/F Folding Octocopter

230. Tarot T18 UAV 

231. Tarot T810 

232. Tarsier Systems MoAC 

233. Tayzu Robotics Titan X8 

234. Team Black Sheep Discovery Pro or TBS Discovery Pro 

235. T-Rex 700E F3C 

236. TREX 800E DFC PRO 

237. Trimble UX5 

238. Trimble UX5 hp 

239. Trimble ZX5 

240. Turnigy Talon 500 

241. TUP X8-800 

242. Turbo Ace CINEWING 6 

243. TurboAce Matrix-G quadcopter 

244. Turbo Ace matrix-E 

245. Turbo Ace MATRIX-1 

246. UAV Solutions Phoenix 60 

247. UAV America Eagle Platform

248. Unmanned Flying Rolling Orb “UFRO” 

249. US2 GreenHawk 

250. VA03-v1 

251. VA04-v1 

252. VA07-v1 

253. Viking UAS Multicopter (VTOL) 

254. Viking UAS FF-X4/X8 or VK-Patriot X4/X8 or Viking VK-FF-X4 

255. VK-Patriot X4/X8 10 

256. Viking UAS Patriot X4/X8 Multirotor 

257. Viking UAS X6 Model 800 

258. Viking UAS Viking ONE 

259. VK-450 

260. Viking Unmanned Aerial Systems, LLC AgriView VK Ranger EX 

261. Viking VK-FF-X4 

262. Volantex Raptor 

263. Volt Aerial Robotics Octane 

264. Vulcan frame controlled by a DJI A2 flight controller 

265. Vulcan Mantis 

266. Vulcan Raven 

267. Walkera TALI H500 or Tali 500 

268. Walkera Scout X4 or Scout X4 

269. Wookong DJI 5800 
270. xCel Drones XD550CDR 

271. xFold Cinema 

272. XFold Rig with four configurations: Quadcopter, Hexcopter, Octocopter and x12 

Copter

273. DJI Matrice 100