Gowdy	Brothers	Aerospace,	LLC						Supplemental	Information							July	27,	2015 Page 1 UNITED	STATES	OF	AMERICA DEPARTMENT	OF	TRANSPORTATION FEDERAL	AVIATION	ADMINISTRATION

WASHINGTON,	DC **IN	THE	MATTER	OF	THE	PETITION	FOR	EXEMPTION	OF:** 

## GOWDY	BROTHERS	AERS**O PACE** 
**FOR	AN	EXEMPTION	SEEKING	RELIEF	FROM THE	REQUIREMENTS	OF	TITLE	14	OF**  **THE CODE	OF	FEDERAL	REGULATIONS** 



## Supplemental	Information	to	the	April 30,	2015	Submission from **Gowdy	Brothers	Aerospace,	LLC.** Posted	on	the	FAA	Website	: 05/08/2015 ID: FAA- 2015 - 1536- 0001

Supplemental	Information,	July	27,	205 Gowdy Brothers	Aerospace,	LLC 1540	Yorkshire	Lane, Shakopee,	MN	55379 763 -496 -9551 Steve@GowdyBrothers.comGowdy	Brothers	Aerospace,	LLC						Supplemental	Information							July	27,	2015 Page 2

Gowdy	Brothers	Aerospace	has	determined	it is necessary	to provide	supplemental information	to the original	request: 1.) Increase	number	of	approved	sUAV’s (aircraft) on	the	original	request	and; 2.) Increase	the	requested	purposes. Please	find	attached	the	following: 1.) A	complete	list	of	all	requested	aircraft; 2.) A	complete	list	of	all	of	the	proposed	purposes; Additionally,	submitted	and	to	be	treated	as	confidential Information in	Appendix	AG Appendix	A - Exemption	Pattern Appendix	B - Technical	Manuals	and	Specs Appendix C - Commercial	(Mission/Operation)	Purposes
– FAA	Previously approved	Exemption	Numbers Appendix D - Equipment - FAA	Previously	approved	Exemption	Numbers Appendix E - Exemption 14	C.F.R - FAA	Previously	approved	Exemption	Numbers Appendix F - Monthly	Maintenance	and	Repair	Log Appendix G
– Motion	Picture	and	Television	Flight	Op erations	Manual	Ver.	1.0 (MPTFOM) 1.) Gowdy Brothers (petitioner) is seeking an exemption to commercially operate the	following sUAV’s	makes	and	models : This	includes	the	entire	list	of	aircraft	the petitioner is	requesting	to	be	granted: DJI - Phantom 2, DJI - Phantom 3, DJI - Inspire 1, DJI
– Spreading Wings S800, DJI
– Spreading Wings S900, DJI
– Spreading Wings S1000, DJI
– Matrix 100, Cinestar 8 Octo and MK Heavy Lift, Altavian Nova F6500, CCO w/Wkm M, Blade 350 QX3, 3DRobotics X8, 3DRobotics Iris, 3DRobotics Solo, SenseFly eBee, Yuneec Q500 Typhon, DraganFlyer X4- ES, Trimble UX5, Microdrones MD4, Tayzu Robotics Titan X8, Movi	Freefly	ALTA. Each separately weighs 55 lbs. or less, with imaging payload and applicable equipment. Equipment operation manuals for each sUAV are included for your reference and are considered confidential information for each respective company’s UAS and are affixed	separately	in	these	documents labeled	Appendix.Gowdy	Brothers	Aerospace,	LLC						Supplemental	Information							July	27,	2015 Page 3

2 .) Gowdy Brothers (petitioner) is seeking an exemption for the following Commercial	(Mission/Operation)	Purpose: This includes the entire list of Commercial (Mission/Operation) Purposes the petitioner	is	requesting	to	be	granted: This exemption request, once granted would allow the petitioner to operate a small unmanned	aerial	vehicle	(sUAV),	unmanned	aircraft	system	(UAS)	to	conduct	bridge Inspections, flare stack inspection, utility-power generation system inspections and patrolling, aerial inspection, photography and videography of residential and commercial real estate, weddings, aerial inspection, photography and videography of utility infrastructure including but not limited to electrical power lines, wind turbines and cell towers, pipeline inspection and patrolling, filmmaking, cinematography, and videography, precision agriculture with on board sensors, wildlife and forestry monitoring and mosquito and insect control, aerial surveying, construction	site inspection	and	monitoring,	public	entity	support	operations,	Aerial imaging for safety, monitoring and comparing work efforts and completion percentages, and security of controlled environment of various sites, aerial video and live video feed to assist with search and rescue operations under the authority and support of local authority officials, aerial video and photography for public and private use including television, public events, and cinematography live feed and live	newsgathering,	training	to	persons	individually	or	belonging	to	both	private	and public organizations to increase awareness and improve safety for current and future UAS operations within the NAS, special events: including high schools, colleges, professional sports, open air events and fairs, research, risk management and assessment, motion picture production 1, surface mining, closed set filming2, disaster	and	catastrophe	events.

1 Motion	Picture	and	Television	Flight	Operations	Manual	is	herein	attached	as Appendix	G. 2 Motion	Picture	and	Television	Flight	Operations	Manual	for	closed	set	filming	is herein	attached	as	Appendix	G.Gowdy	Brothers	Aerospace,	LLC						Supplemental	Information							July	27,	2015 Page 4

**Expeditious	Summary	Grant	Approval	Request** The petitioner requests the agency issue a summary grant process for this application. Petitioner has provided in a confidential document attachment labeled as	petitioner	proprietary	information,	specific	exemption	numbers	whereby	the	FAA has already granted a previous exemption similar or identical to each and every request,	herein. For the FAA’s benefit, Petitioner, Gowdy Brothers Aerospace, LLC, has researched, categorized and arranged all 631 exemptions granted as of June 23, 2015 into a usable searchable database, based upon the following criteria: date submitted, date grant	issued,	time	to	petition	grant,	petitioner,	petitioner’s	state,	exemption	number, sUAV equipment type, grant purpose (mission/operation), along with other supporting	data. Petitioner has identified four previous approved exemptions for each of the Petitioners	FAA	submission	requests:

 Commercial	(mission/operation)	purposes;  Type	of	sUAV’s	(UAS);  Title	14	Exemptions (exemption	pattern	referenced	in	appendix	A) 3 Thank	you	for	your consideration, Stephen	Gowdy Chief	Pilot,	Gowdy	Brothers	Aerospace,	LLC. 1540	Yorkshire	Lane Shakopee,	MN	55379 www.GowdyBrothers.com Steve@GowdyBrothers.com

3 Petitioner submits the Appendix and Manuals marked “CONFIDENTIAL,” as they contain proprietary confidential business information that is not released to the public and is protected under the Freedom of Information Act 5 USC §552 et. seq. 5 Reform	Act	Section	333	(b).