Petition for	Exemption 14 CFR	§ 11.81

Exemption	petition under 14	CFR	section	21 (§§	21.171	- 21.199) and SEC 333

Your name	and mailing address.	 You	may	include	other contact information such	as a	fax	

number, telephone	number, or email address:

Name: Donald	Lee

Address: 22705	NE	Mountain	View Ct.	Ridgefield,	WA	98642

Phone:	360-474-7366

Email: donlee98@yahoo.com

The	specific section	or	sections of	14 CFR	from which you	seek an exemption:

1.	I	petition	for exemption	from	14	CFR	section	21;	specifically SUBPART	H	— Airworthiness	

Certificates	(§§	21.171	- 21.199) as	required	for	UAS	operations	for	Civil	Aircraft.

2.	I	also	petition	for Exemption	under Sec	333

The	extent of	relief you seek and the reason you	seek the	relief:

Current	FAA	rules	prohibit the use of	a UAS for commercial purposes on	private property	and	

UAS	operations	or	Civil	Aircraft	without	obtaining	an	FAA	Airworthiness	Certificate. I	am	seeking	

relief	of	these	requirements	including	obtaining	an	FAA	Airworthiness	Certificate. I	am an	

experienced	UAS	pilot and am simply petitioning for an	exemption to	provide a commercial

service to private land owners	and companies who wish to obtain	and	capture Aerial	photos and

videos of said property for purposes including but	not	limited	to	real estate listings,	insurance

property	claims,	and for use as a marketing tool for businesses. I	would	like to be able	to accept	

payment	for these services therefore making this a commercial use of a UAS.
How your request would benefit the	public as a whole:

[The	Section	333	Exemption	process	provides	operators	who	wish	to	pursue	safe	and	legal	entry	

into	the	NAS	a	competitive	advantage	in	the	UAS	marketplace,	thus	discouraging	illegal	

operations	and	improving	safety.	It	is	anticipated	that	this	activity	will	result	in	significant	

economic	benefits,	and	the	FAA	Administrator	has	identified	this	as	a	high	priority	project	to	

address	demand	for	civil	operation	of	UAS	for	commercial	purposes.]

My	request benefits the public as a whole	by	providing an opportunity	for small business	

owners,	real estate agents, and others	who wish to document their land or property	to take	

advantage of	the technology	that	now	exists in	the form of UAS’s and	allows	them to do so	

using an experienced	UAS Pilot	that	understands	how	to safely	operate such technology.		
Reasons why	the	exemption	would not adversely	affect safety, or how	the	exemption	would	

provide a	level of	safety at least equal to	the	existing rule:

Being	an	experienced	UAS	pilot, former	military	officer,	and	former	police	officer,	I	have	an	

understanding	and	appreciation	for	potential	risk	to	the	safety	of	the	public,	therefore, I would	

be	a good candidate for exemption of 14	CFR	section	21 (§§	21.171	- 21.199) and SEC 333

while not	putting Air Safety in	any	accelerated	risk.

The specific	UAS (including	DJI	Inspire	and	Phantom	series	products)	I	am seeking	exemption for	

have many	safety features, including SAFE technology	and GPS	navigating. When flying for this

commercial purpose I	would be flying at a maximum altitude of

40 meters and flying mostly	vertically for the purposes	of	taking photos, decreasing the risk	of	

any	interference. My	general knowledge of	the aviation	safety	systems implemented by	the	

FAA would	be used	to ensure that safety	would	not	be affected	by my	operations. I	would not	

be flying near disaster areas,	sporting events, or high traffic	areas including airports,	and I	

would	pay	attention to NOTAMS.

I	intend to fly	in primarily	GPS	Safe	Flight:

Flight	Mode – GPS	Attitude	Mode (Default)	I

This	mode	allows	the	UAS	to	lock	on	a	home	GPS	position	as	a	failsafe	to	prevent	loss	of	radio	

control	of	the	UAS	due	to	unwanted	interference	or	loss	of	power. Also	includes	built	in	no-fly	

zones	to	restrict	flight	over	airports,	and	other	sensitive	locations.

I intend to	follow these	suggested safety regulations

• Always	keep aircraft	in sight and	under control.

• Always	keep	people and pets	at least 35	feet (10 meters)	away	when	the battery is connected.

• Keep children out	of	the vicinity of	this	product	at all times.

• Always	use fully charged batteries.

• Always	keep	transmitter powered	on	while aircraft	is	powered.

• Always	remove batteries before disassembly.

• Always	keep moving parts	clean.

• Always	keep	parts dry.

• Always	let	parts	cool after use before touching.

• Always	remove batteries after use.

• Always	have a first aid kit with you.

• Always	have an appropriate fire extinguisher with you.

• Never operate aircraft with damaged	wiring.

• Never touch	moving parts.

The Blade 350 QX	has many	more features than other Blade quad	copters.
A summary	we	can publish in the Federal Register Federal Register —

I,	Donald	Lee am seeking an exemption	of	14	CFR	section	21 (§§	21.171	- 21.199) and

the FAA’s	Sec	333 rules that	does	not	allow the use of	an Unmanned	Aircraft	to be used for

Commercial purposes in regards to National Airspace	Safety.	I am simply	petitioning for an	

exemption to provide a commercial service to private land	owners	and companies who wish to

obtain and capture Aerial photos and videos of	said	property for purposes including real estate

listings,	insurance property claims, and for use as a	marketing tool for businesses. Being	an	

experienced	UAS	pilot,	former	military	officer,	and	former	police	officer,	I	have	an	

understanding	and	appreciation	for	potential	risk	to	the	safety	of	the	public,	Therefore, I would	

be	a good candidate for exemption of Sec 333 while not	putting Air Safety in	any	accelerated	

risk.

The specific	UAS (including	DJI	Inspire	and	Phantom	series	products)	I	am seeking	exemption for	

have many	safety features, including SAFE technology	and GPS	navigating. When flying for this

commercial purpose I	would be flying at a maximum altitude of	40 meters and flying mostly	

vertically for the purposes	of	taking photos, decreasing the risk	of	any	interference. My	general

knowledge of	the aviation	safety	systems implemented by	the	FAA would	be used	to ensure

that safety	would	not	be affected	by my	operations. I	would not	be flying near disaster areas,	

sporting events, or high traffic	areas including airports,	and I	would	pay	attention to NOTAMS.

I	appreciate the FAA’s	consideration of	this petition	for exemption.
Any	additional information, views, or arguments available	to support your request:

I	am fully	aware	of	the preflight safety	checks	and procedures implicated	in the operation	

manual for the above	mentioned	UAS and intend to implement	preflight safety	checks	and

utilize the	safety technology provided with this unit.	I intend to only fly	in non-populated,

residential or	rural areas	and stay	clear of	all utility	lines etc.	I intend to be fully aware of	my	

surroundings	at	all times and to only fly	the unmanned aircraft	within	a visual line of sight and

only	in Visual	Flight Conditions.

UAS	Specifications:

DJI	Inspire	1:	http://store.dji.com/product/inspire-1?from=buy_now#/spec

DJI	Phantom	2	Series:	http://www.dji.com/product/phantom-2/spec
General Safety Precautions and Warnings I intend to Follow

• Always	keep a safe distance in	all directions around	your model to avoid	collisions

or injury.	This model is controlled by	a radio signal subject to interference	

from many	sources outside your control. Interference can	cause momentary	

loss of	control.

• Always	operate your model in	open spaces	away	from full-size vehicles, traffic

and people.

• Always	carefully	follow	the directions	and	warnings	for this	and	any optional

support	equipment (chargers, rechargeable battery	packs,	etc.).

• Always	keep all chemicals, small parts and anything electrical out of	the reach

of children.

• Always	avoid water exposure to all equipment	not	specifically	designed and	

protected for this purpose. Moisture causes damage to electronics.

• Never place any portion of the model in your mouth as it could	cause serious

injury or even death.

• Never operate your model with low transmitter batteries.

• Always	keep aircraft	in sight and	under control.

• Always	move the throttle fully down at	rotor strike.

• Always	use fully charged batteries.

• Always	keep	transmitter powered	on	while aircraft	is	powered.

• Always	remove batteries before disassembly

• Always	keep moving parts	clean.

• Always	keep	parts dry.

• Always	let	parts	cool after use before touching.

• Always	remove batteries after use.

• Never operate aircraft with damaged	wiring.

• Never touch	moving parts.

If you	want to	exercise the	privileges of	your exemption	outside the	United States, you must	

state the reason.

I	have no intention	on using this exemption	outside the United	States