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, a Florida b a sed li m i t ed l i a b i l i t y company ope r a ti ng S ma l l

U n m an ned A i r c r a f

t S y s t em ( s UA S ) e q u i p p ed t o co n duct a e r i al p ho t og r aphy and su r v ey f or v a r i ous

i n d us tri es, he r eby ap p l i es f or a n ex e m p t i on f

r o m t he F ede r al A v i a t i on R e g u l a t i o ns ( F A R s) l i s t ed be l ow t o

a l l ow ope r a ti on o f our s U A S c o mme r c i a l l y i n a i r s p ace r egu l a t ed by t he F e d e r al A v i a t i o n A d m i n i s tr a ti on

(F AA ) so l o n g as su c h ope r a t i ons a r e co n duc t e d w i t h and u n der t he c o nd i t i ons ou t li n ed he r e i n or as m ay

be es t a b l i s h ed by t he F A A as r eq u i r ed by S ec ti on 3 3 3. The requested exemption is similar to previous

FAA issued grants of exemption including but not limited to Exemption Nos. 11062, 11109, 11112,

11213 and 11295.



### Our commercial activities would includ e :

T he r e q ues t e d ex e mp t i o n w ou l d p e r m i t AeroUAVs L L C t o pu r sue i t s comme r c i al i n t e r es t s i n p r o v i d i ng

s e r v i ces t o con su m e r s i n t e r e s t ed in t raining , research

, and ae ri al d a t a cap t u r e us i ng a s m a l l a d v anced

s U A S i n t he f

o l l o wi ng a

r e as:

 Aerial Photography and Videography for the real estate, construction, and utilities industries

 Agricultural Surveying and Application

 sUAS Operator Training

 Product Demonstrations

 Research and Development

A l l AeroUAVs s U A S f

li g h t s t hat w i l l occur o v er p r i v a t e or con tr o l l ed acc es s p r ope rt y w il l do s o w i t h t he

p r ope rt y o w ne r ' s p r i or c o nsent a n d k no w l e d ge . O n l y peo p l e w ho ha v e con s en t ed or o t he rw i se h a v e ag r e e d

t o be i n t he a

r e a w he r e p h o t og r a p hy and v i deog r a p h y w il l t ake p l ace wi l l be cap t u r e d in any photos or

videos

.AeroUAVs LLC 11523 Palmbrush Trail Suite 353 Lakewood Ranch, FL 34202

A d d i t i o n a ll y

, all AeroUAVs p i l o t s will h o l d an airline transport, commercial, private, recreational, or

sport pilot certificate and also hold a current FAA airman medical certificate or a valid U.S. driver’s

license issued by a state, the District of Colombia, Puerto Rico, a territory, a possession, or the Federal

g overnment. If an obse r v e r is not a qu a l i f i e d p i l o t

, t hey w il l be tr a i n e d by AeroUAVs p i l o t s t o unde r s t a nd

t he p r o per r o l es of a n ob s e r v e r

, com m u n i ca t i on p r oc e du r es, p r op er v i sual s c an t echn i qu e s, ope r a t i ons at

non

- t o w e r e d a i r p o rt s, and app r o p r i a t e s ec t i o ns o f t he A e r o nau ti c a l I n f o r m a t i on M a

nu a l

.



### The Petitioner Requests Relief From the following regulations:

R e g u l a t i o ns f

r o m w h i ch t h e ex e m p t i on i s r eq u es t ed: 14 CFR §§ 61.23(a) and (c), 61.101(e)(4) and (5),

61.113(a), 61.315(a), 91.7(a), 91.109, 91.119(c), 91.121, 91.151(a)(1), 91.215, 91.405(a), 91.407(a)(1),

91.409(a)(1) and (2), and 91.417(a) and (b), to the extent necessary to allow AeroUAVs to operate a UAS

to perform t raining , research

, and ae ri al d a t a collection.

W e a r e pe t i t i o n i n g f

or e x e m p t i on t o e n a b l e AeroUAVs t o o pe r a t e a series of UAS platforms that have

been previously approved by exemption. Namely:

D JI P h a n t o m 2

- Exemption 11398

D JI P h a n t o m 2 Vision

- Exemption 11310

D JI P h a n t o m 2 Vision +

- Exemption 11398

DJI Inspire

- Exe mption 11398

DJI S1000

- Exemption 11416

DJI S 9 00

- Exemption 11401

Flamewheel 550

- Exemption 11397

eBee AG

- Exemption 11339

3DRobotics IRIS+

- Exemption 11419

RF

- 70

- Exemption 11295

D JI P h a n t o m 3 Professional

- Similar to Exemption 11310

DJI Phantom 3 Advanced

- Similar to Exemption 11398

T h ese s U A S a l l w e i gh l ess t h a n 5 5 l bs,

, ha v e a b u il t

- i n ca p ab il i t y t o l i m i t t he he i ght flown abo v e t he

g r ou n d, t o l i m i t t he r ad i u s of t he d i s t a nce i t fli es f r o m t he o pe r a t or a n d t o exc l ude i t f r o m Cl a ss B

, C and

D a i r sp a ce i n c l u d i n g a no f l y z one f e a t u r e. E ach s y s t em a l s o h as t he f a i l s a f e f unc t i on o f t he au t o p i l ot

s y s t e m

, w h i ch m e ans w h e n t he c o mmun i ca ti on be tw e e n t he Ma i n C on tr o l l er and t he t r an s m i tt er i s l os t

,

t he s y s t em w i l l au t o ma t i c a l l y t r i gger R e t u r n t o H o m e an d w i l l l a n d s a f e l y

.

This submission does not include the Operating M anuals for each model requested above , as they have

been reviewed by the Admi ni strator in granting previous exemptions. Model specifics are listed in the

AeroUAVs Operating M anual which is included with this submission. Copies of all O perating M anuals

for the individual models listed will be submitted on request. It should be noted , that while the FAA ha s

not previously granted an exemption for the DJI Phantom 3 series, it is an upgrade d version of the DJI

Phantom 2 including components pioneered by DJI with the Inspire 1.AeroUAVs LLC 11523 Palmbrush Trail Suite 353 Lakewood Ranch, FL 34202

T he a bo v e spe c i fi c a t i o ns m e et s t anda r ds l i s t ed b e l o w :

• AeroUAVs wi l l o n l y o p e r a t e i t s s UA S i n li n e of s i ght of a p i l ot and / or ob s e r v er and w il l ope r a t e at

s i t es t hat a

r e a ' s u f f i c i ent d i s t a n c e' f

r o m p o p u l a t ed a

r eas w i t h i n t he s t e ri l e a r ea de s c r i b ed i n t he

ope r a t o r ’s man u a l

. S u ch o p e r a t i ons wi l l i nsu r e t hat t he s U A S wi l l " n ot c r ea t e a ha z a r d t o use r s o f t he

na ti on a l a i r spa c e s y s t em or t he p u b l i c

. "

• AeroUAVs will not o perate s U A V w i t h i n 5 nautical miles of an airport reference point ( ARP) as

denoted in the current FAA Airport/Facility Directory (AFD), unless a letter of agreement with that

airport’s management is obtained or otherwise permitted by a COA issued to AeroUAVs

.

• Max i m

u m f l i ght ti m e f

or e ach o p e r a t i o n a l f

li g ht w i l l be 60 m i nu t es.

• F l i gh t s wi l l b e t e r m i n a t ed at 25% ba tt e r y po w er r e s e r v e shou l d t hat o c cur p r i or t o t he 60 m i nu t e l i m i t

.

• T he s U A V wi l l b e p r og r a m m e d so t hat i t w i l l not be o pe r a t ed at an a l t i t u d e of n o m o r e t han 4 00 f eet

A G L.

• M i n i m u m c r ew f

or ea c h o pe r a t i o n w i l l c o ns i st of t h e s U A S P i l ot and t he Vi s u a l O bse r v e r

.

• T he s U A S P I C ' s ( P i l ot i n C o mmand) wi l l b e an airline transport, commercial, private, recreational, or

sport pilot certificate and also hold a current FAA airman medical certificate or a valid U.S. driver’s

license issued by a state, the District of Colombia, Puerto Rico, a territory, a possession, or the

Federal government.

• T he s U A S o pe r a t ed by t he pe t i ti oner w e i ghs l ess t h an 55 p o un d s, i n c l u d i n g t he pa y l oad ( i

. e. c a m e r a,

l e ns, and g i m

b a l )

.

• T he s U A S wi l l o pe r a t e at spe e ds o f no m o r e t h a n 5 5 kno t s.

• G i v en t he sma l l s i z e o f t he s U A S a nd t he r es tri c t ed s t e r i l e en v i r o n ment w i t h i n w h i ch t hey w il l

ope r a t e, our s U A S op e r a t i o n s ad h e r e t o t he R e fo r m A c t ' s s a f e t y r equ i r e men t s.

A d d i t i o n a ll y

, t he f

act t hat t he AeroUAVs p i l o t s h o l d F A A P i l ot ce rti fi c a t es d e mons tr a t es t hat t hey ha v e a

h i g h r ega r d t o s a f

e o pe r a ti ons w i t h an u nde r s t a n d in g of F A R s, p r e

- f l i ght i n s pe c t i ons, m a i n t e n ance and

r e p a i r

, ope r a t i o n s w i t h i n a i r s p ace, as w e l l as b e i n g tr a i n e d t o h i g h s a f e t y s t anda r ds .

U n d er t he r eq u es t ed e xe m p t i on , AeroUAVs will e n su r e t hat a l l o pe r a t o r s h a v e c o m p l e t ed a sma l l

u n m a n ned a i r c r a f

t s y s t ems ( U A S ) ed u ca ti on a n d tr a in i ng p r o g r a m i nc l u d i ng a l l app l i c a b l e r egu l a t i o ns a n d

g u i d a nce doc u men t s; i n c l u d i ng ae r o n au t i c al b a c kg r ou n d i n f o r m a t i on s uch as cha rt s, N O T A M S and

Ai r c r a f t C i r c u l a r s; R ad i o C o m m u n i ca t i o ns P r oce d u r es; H u man F a c t o r s a n d C r ew R es o u r ce Ma n ag e men t ;

B a s i c S ma l l U A S A e r od y n a m i c s; W e a t h er f ac t o r s; Ai r

m a n sh i p and D e c i s i on

- m a k i ng a nd S a f e O pe r a t i ng

P r oc e du r e s.

W e r es p ec t f

u l l y r equest e x e m p ti on u n der S e c t i o n 3 33 t o ena b l e AeroUAVs t o ope r a t e sa f e, l o w

- r i s k

c o m m e r c i a l s UA V ope r a ti ons f or t he ac t i v i t i e s s t a t e d. R F S at a l l ti m es wi l l r e s pect t he spa c e a n d p r i v acy

of c i t i z ens a nd p r o pe rt y w h il st kee p i ng our s k i es s a f e.



### E xempti on Requests and Equivalent Level of Safety

AeroUAVs r e qu es t s an ex e mp t i o n f r o m t h e f o ll o w i n g r eg u l a ti ons as w e l l a s any ad d i t i o n al r e gu l a t i o ns

t hat m ay t ech n i c a l l y app l y to t he ope r a t i on o f t he s U A V S y s t e m :AeroUAVs LLC 11523 Palmbrush Trail Suite 353 Lakewood Ranch, FL 34202

14 CFR 61.23 Medical Certificates

The regulation provides that a person requires a first or second class medical to act as p il ot i n C o mmand

o f an a i r c r a f t f o r compen s a t i o n or h i r e

. O ur p r opo s ed o p e r a t i o n s r eq u i r e t hat t he PI C must ho l d a current

FAA airman medical certificate or a valid U.S. driver’s license issued by a state, the District of Colombia,

Puerto Rico, a territory, a possession, or the Federal government

. S i n ce t he a i r c r a f t ca n not ca

r r y

passenge r s or p r ope rt y

, w e f eel w e m eet t he i n t ent of 6 1

. 23 e v en t hough t he i n t ent o f t h i s ap p li c a t i o n i s t o

co n duct a bus i n ess.

14 C FR 61.101, 14 CFR 61

. 113

, and 14 CFR 61.315 P il o t p r i v il eges and L i m i t a ti o n s

T he r e g u l a t i o n p r o v i des t h at no pe r son t h at ho l d s a Recreational Pilot, Sport Pilot, or P r i v a t e P il ot

ce rtif i ca t e m a y act as p il ot i n C o mmand o f an a i r c r a f t f o r compen s a t i o n or h i r e. O ur p r opo s ed o p e r a t i o n s

r eq u i r e t hat t he PI C must ho l d at l e a st airline transport, commercial, private, recreational, or sport pilot

certificate

. S i n ce t he a i r c r a f t ca n not ca

r r y passenge r s or p r ope rt y

, w e f eel w e m eet t he i n t ent of 6 1

. 113

S u bp a r ag r a p h ( b) e v en t hough t he i n t ent o f t h i s ap p li c a t i o n i s t o co n duct a bus i n ess.

14 C FR 91

. 7 Civil Aircraft Airworthiness

This Section p r o h i b i t s t he o p e r a t i on o f an a i r c r a f t w i t hout an a i r w o rt h i ness c e r t i f i c a t e

. A s no s uch

ce rtif i ca t e wi l l be ap p l i ca b l e i n t he f o r m c on t e m p l a t ed by t he F A R s, t h i s R e g u l a t i o n i s i n a pp l i c ab l e.

14 CFR 91.109 Flight Instruction; Simulated instrument flight and c ertain flight tests

The regulation states that "No person may operate a civil aircraft that is being used for flight Instruction

unless that aircraft has fully functioning dual controls." Training will be conducted by Aerial Optics we

have the abi lit y to provide dual controls utilizing two Spektrum transmitters with a wireless link between

the transmitters. One transmitter is designated the master transmitt er and the other transmitter is

designated as a slave. The P I C instructor, ut i lizing the master transmitter, will be at all times be able

assume control of the sUA S

.

14 C FR 91

. 119 M i n im u m s a f e a l t it ude s : G en e r a l

T he r e g u l a t i o n s t a t es t hat o v er spa r se l y po p u l a t ed a r eas t he a i r c r a f

t c a nnot be ope r a t ed c l o s er t han 500 f eet

t o any pe r s o n, v esse l

, v eh i c l e, or s tr uc t u r e. Si n c e t he t y p i cal m i s s i on o f t he s U A S w ou l d b e pho t o g r a p hy

or su r v ey of pe r sons, v ess e l s, v eh i c l es or s tr uc t u r es i t w ou l d b e ne c essa r y t o ope r a t e c l oser t h a n 500 f eet

t o t he i t e m s l i s t e d

. O pe r a t i o ns wi l l o n l y be f l o w n o v er p r ope rt y or pe r so n s w he r e pe r m i s s i o n has be e n

ob t a i n e d and c a

r e f ul p r e

- p l a nn e d has be en pe r f o r m e d. T he a i r c r a f

t w i l l be o p e r a t ed at a l ow a l t i t u de

a l l o w in g, i f a po w er u n i t f a il s, an e m e r gency l a n d i n g w i t hout un d ue ha z a r d t o p e r sons or p r o pe rt y on t he

su r f a ce. T h e r e f

o r e w e m a i n t a i n t hat d u e t o t he sma l l s i z e o f t he U AS

, t he ha z a r d t o pe r sons, v eh i c l es and

s tr uc t u r es i s m i n i mal c o mpa r ed t o m a nn e d a i r c r a f t

, w h i c h s h ou l d be c o ns i de r e d i n g r a n t i ng t he e x e m p t i on.AeroUAVs LLC 11523 Palmbrush Trail Suite 353 Lakewood Ranch, FL 34202

14 C FR 91

. 121 A ltim e t e r s e t t i ng s

T he r e g u l a t i o n r eq u i r es t h at a i r c r a f t sha l l m a i n t a

i n c r u i s i ng a l t i t u des by r e f e r en ce t o an a l ti me t er se tt i ng

a v a i l a b l e w i t h i n 10 0 N M o f t he a i r c r a f t

. T h e s U A S wi l l a l w a y s fl y b e l ow 4 00 f eet A G L a nd wi l l not need

t o m a i n t a i n c r u i s i ng a l t i t

udes i n o r d er t o p r e v ent con f l i ct w i t h o t her a

i r c r a f t

. A n A bo v e Gr ound Le ve l

a l ti me t er measu r e ment a b o v e t he t akeoff p o i nt i s tr a ns m i tt ed v i a r ad i o f r o m t he s U A S on

- b o a r d c o m p u t er

t o t he d i s p l ay sc r e e n h e l d by t he P I C

, p r o v i d i ng a c o ns t an t l y upda t ed A G L r ead o u t

.

14 C FR 91

. 151 Fuel r e q u ir e m e n t s f or f li g h t i n VFR c ond i t i on s

T he r e g u l a t i o n p r o v i des t h at no pe r son may beg i n a f l i ght i n an a i r p l ane u nder da y

- V F R co n d i ti ons un l ess

t he r e i s en o ugh f

u el t o f l y t o t he fi r st po i nt of i n t e n ded l an d i n g and t o f l y a f t er t hat f or at l e ast 30 m i n u t es.

W e f e el t he i n t en t i o n of t h i s pa r a g r a p h i s t o p r o v i de a n ene r gy r e se r v e as a sa f e t y bu f f er f or d e l a y s t o

l an d i n g. T he s U A S a

r e ba tt e r y ope r a t ed a nd t he m a x i m u m du r a t i on o f f l i ght f r o m a s i n g l e b a tt e r y cha

r ge

i s 12

- 45 ( d e pe n d i ng on w h i c h s U AS ) m i nu t es w i t h a 2 0% r ese r v e. Si n ce t he a i r c r a f t w i l l ne v er fl y m o r e

t han 1 / 2 N M f

r o m t he p o i n t of i n t e n ded l a n d i n g, a f u l l ba tt e r y cha

r ge at l a u nch wi l l e nsu r e t hat w e m eet

t he r e s e r v e ene r gy r equ i r e m ent o f t h i s p a r ag r aph. W e r e q uest an ex e m p t i on t o t he w o r d " f

u e l " a n d a s k f

or

an e q u i v a l ent i n t e r p r e t a t

i on w i t h t he w o r d "ene r g y ". W e a l so r e qu e st ex e m p t i on f r om t he 30 m i n r ese r v e

a n d a s k t hat our r ese r v e w i l l be t o fl y t he m i s s i o n t o t he po i nt of i n t en d ed l an d i ng and h a v e at l east a 2 0 %

ba tt e r y r ese r v e a f

t er t ha t

.

14 C.F.R. 91.215 ATC transponder and altitude reporting equipment and use:

This regulation states all aircraft operating within 30 nautical miles of class A, B and C airspace must be

equipped with automatic pressure altitude reporting equipment having a Mode C capability that

a utomatically replies to Mode C interrogations. Due to the small size and lifting capabilities of our UASs

we cannot carry a traditional transponder. All of our operations will be under 250’ if we are operating

within the 30mi reach of a mode c vail.

14 C FR S ubpa r t E ( 91

. 4 01

- 9 1

. 417)

- M a i n t ena n ce, P r e v en ti v e M a i n t e n ance, A l t e r a t i on s

T he r e g u l a t i o n p r o v i des t h at t he ope r a t or i s p r i m a r il y r espon s i b l e f

or m a i n t a i n i n g t he a i r c r a f t i n a n

a i rw o rt hy con d i t i on, i nc l u d i ng c o mp l i a nce w i t h p a r t 39 and 43. P a

r ag r a phs 9 1

. 407 a n d 91

. 409 r e qu i r e t hat

t he a i r c r a f

t be "a p p r o v ed f

or re t u r n t o se r v i ce by a pe r son au t ho r i z ed u nder 43

. 7" a f t er m a i n t e nan c e a nd

i n s pec t i on. I t i s our i n t e n t i on t hat t he P I C pe r f o r m m a i n t e n an c e and i ns p ec ti on o f t he a i r c r a f t a nd "be

au t h o r i z ed t o a p p r o v e t he a i r c r a f t f or r e t u r n t o se r v i ce

. "

T he P I C wi l l e nsu r e t hat t he a i r c r a f t i s i n an a

i rw o rt hy cond i ti on p ri or t o e v e r y fl i ght a n d i n a d d i t i on,

con d uct de t a i l e d i n s pec t i o ns a f t er e v e r y tw o hou r s of f

l i gh t

. Ma i n t e na n ce pe r f

o r m e d by t he P I C i s l i m i t ed

t o r ep a i ri ng s m a l l c r a c k s, r ep l a c i ng a p r o p e l l e r

, che c k i ng e l ec tr i c al c on n ec t i o n s and upda t i ng s o f tw a r e a nd

f i r m w a r e f or t he on

- boa

r d c ompu t e r

. A l l o t her m a i n t e nan c e w i l l be pe rf o r m ed by t he man u f

ac t u r er or

t he i r de s i g n a t ed rep a

i r f a c i l i t y

. T he P I C wil l doc u ment w o r k pe rf o r m ed i n ac c o r da n ce w i t h 91

. 417. W e

f e el t hat d ue t o t he s i z e, cons tr uc t i on, and s i m p li c i t y of t he a i r c r a f t

, t he P I C c a n e nsu r e an e q u i v a l e nt l e v e l

of s a f e t y

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H ow this Request is to the Betterment of our Community

We believe that the use of UAS to perform agricultural land imaging creates a benefit to the public. The

ability to use an onboard geo

- referenced still camera to collect high

- resolution data that can be used to

increase crop production and reduce unnecessary chemical use will provide a less expensive and healthier

food supply to the public. The u nmanned aircraft does not carry any persons or flammable liquids,

reducing public exposure in the event of an incident. Finally, the unmanned aircraft can be launched and

recovered from the property which we have been contracted to image. The ability to av oid overflying

private and public properties provides the public with the benefit of privacy from aircraft flying overhead.

U n man n ed A i r c r a f

t S y s t ems (s U A S) a

r e also a f e as i b l e me t h od t o ob t a i n i n f o r ma t i on o f ag r i c u l t u r a l

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### Request for Blanket COA Approval

On March 24, 2015, the FAA announced that it has implemented a new policy of granting "blanket"

COAs to applicants requesting exemp tions from the Federal Aviation Regulations under Section 333 of

the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012.

The Applicant hereby requests that a "blanket" COA that conforms to the terms set forth in

https://www.faa.gov/news/updates/?newsId=82245 upon ap proval of AeroUAVs’ exemption request.

S i nce r e l y

Timothy Ford

President and CEO

AeroUAVs, LLC

11523 Palmbrush Trail Suite 353

Lakewood Ranch, FL 34202

(314) 397

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