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**TED SECTIONS(S) FOR RELIEF SOUGHT** Colvin Media Group (Christopher Colvin) is submitting an exemption request to FAA Rules for drone (UAV) usage, and seeking required Special Airworthiness Certificate . I am founding a domestic Media Group that will specialize in the production of videography and photography for public and private clients. **RELIEF DEFINED FOR EXEMPTION** On September 25, 2014, the Federal Aviation Administration announced it will allow the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs ) on some U.S. film sets. The FAA more specifically said, this is “the first step to allowing the film and television industry the use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in the National Airspace System.” The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has been successful and complied with the FAA in the past and Colvin Media Group and its associates intend to do the same

. Colvin Media Group resides and operates in the Commonwealth of Virginia. At all times, Colvin Media Group has refrained from the use of Drones while others have defied such regulations. It is in Colvin Media Group’s best interests, that we hold the FAA’s regulations, laws and policies to the standards as set forth and by spirit and application, apply for this exemption as required, rather than pushing an issue outside the purviews of said FAA requirements as so many other have done and continue to do in the Commonwealth of Virginia. **SA FETY A**  **ND A DHERENCE A**  **ND BENEFIT THEREOF** Colvin Media Group shall at all times relevant, operate and adhere with their UAV, and understanding fully, **“w hich must be flown within the line of sight of the operator, less than**  **400 feet above the ground, during day light conditions, inside Class G (uncontrolled)**  **airspace and more than five miles from any airport or o** **ther location with aviation activities** 
**AR GUMENT IN SUPPORT OF A** **PPLICA TION**  FAA Order 8130.34 is limited in scope. It does however address “civil operators” in a way that the spirit of it speaks to the private sector being “included” in the exemption proce ss for the operation of UAV’s. Colvin Media Group , in the pursuit of their business specialty, understand the importance that UAV ’s now play in film production. Increasingly, because of ever increasing limita tions of budgets, the use of UAVs ’ has become an attractive alternative to traditional aerial “film or photography shoots” fo r private sector clients, i.e., the Real Estate market and their professionals, survey companies, commercial sector clients, etc. A pure argument to UAV’s economic benefits is re lative to and pertains to simple cost. (Example) A traditional hour of air time in a rotorcraft would be offered to a client at a minimum charge of $369.00 per flight hour, whereas a UAV could accomplish the same tasks and produce the same results for a fraction of the cost in that time , and be done in an expedient manner. Typical flight time to secure the desired results for a particular (typical) client is less than (15) minutes of actual flight time. And, the flight ceiling would be no more than a few hu ndred feet, if that (emphasis added), which actually poses a safer environment for the surrounding areas , than that of a traditional vehicle, i.e., aircraft or rotorcraft. This is especially true in a developed area, such as a neighborhood**SUMMA RY** 

T he applicant, Colvin Media Group (Christopher Colvin), respectfully requests a (24) month exemption to lawfully, within the stated regulations of the FAA and others, and as stated, operate a UAV for the sole purpose of producing client results relating to fi lm, videography and still photography shoots. FURTHER, it is stated and affirmed here, that Colvin Media Group (Christopher Colvin) has made application for the required Special Airworthiness Certificate

- Experimental Category (SAC

- EC).

Regards,

Chris topher Colvin