Daniel Bowers 

Owner, James Street Creative 

26 James Street, Morristown, NJ 07960 

FAA 

US Department of Transportation 

Docket Operations

West Building, Ground Floor, Room W12-140 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE

Washington, DC 20590 

 

Dear Sir or Madam, 

Pursuant to Section 333 of the FAA modernization and Reform Act of 

2012 (the Reform Act) and 14 CF.R. Part 11, James Street Creative, 

LLC., hereby applies for an exemption from the listed Federal Aviation 

Regulations (FARs) to allow business use (commercial operation) of 

its UAS, so long as as such operations are conducted within and 

under the conditions outlined herein or as may be established by the 

FAA as required by Section 333. 

I'm submitting my Petition for Exemption for Unmanned Aircraft 

Systems operations. I've been flying RC aircraft for the past 10 years 

and have been working in all capacities of video production for 15 

years. I take the operation of UAS very seriously and I understand the 

safety precautions that need to and will take place before, during & 

after every flight. With my clear understanding of FAA rules, 

awareness of operational and restrictive airspace and my attitude of 

safety first, before, during & after every flight, I should be granted an 

exemption. 
I recognize the importance of extreme privacy as I've been in 

situations where I have had to adhere to an environment based on 

such privacy. 

My request for a waiver of FAA Section 333 is to operate a UAS for

“commercial purposes". To record digital video data and other aerial 

photography data for private owners of real estate; construction sites 

to assist in the promotion of their parcel of land for disposition and 

sale and other promotional purposes in addition to TV/Commercials 

and Films; and all work for hire. Any complaint by any member of the 

public complaining of invasion of privacy will instantly be honored 

resulting in immediate termination of aerial operations. 

I'm currently seeking exemption of: 

Section of 14 CFR: parts 21 Subpart H, 27, 45.23(b), 45.27(a), 

61.113{a) and (b), 61.133(a), 91.7(a), 91.9(b)(2), 91.103, 91.109(a), 

91.119, 91.121, 91.151(a), 91.203(a) and (b), 91.319(a)(1), 91.405(a), 

91.407(a)(1), 91.409(a)(2), 91.417(a) and (b). If I have erroneously 

omitted any other relevant section or, overstated and relevant section 

for my intended operations, please feel free to suggest the missing or 

overstated section(s). 

Suggested Public Federal Register Summary: 

The petitioner is seeking an exemption to operate an unmanned 

aircraft system (UAS) under the new FAA “Summary Grant" approach, 

announced April 9th, 2015 http://www.faa.gov/news/updates/?

newsld=82485 that will help speed up Section 333 exemption 

approvals for many commercial UAS operators prior to finalizing the 

small UAS proposed rules published this past February. 

It is my understanding that the FAA will still review each Section 333 

petition individually. However, I am hoping that the agency will accept 

my particular petition, and include it in the next summary grant, and 
issue me an exemption on the presumption that the FAA "already 

granted a previous exemption similar to this request". 

Apparently, the new interim policy includes the granting of a Certificate 

of Waiver or Authorization (COA) for flights at or below 400 feet to any 

UAS operator with a Section 333 exemption for aircraft that weigh less 

than 55 pounds, operate during daytime Visual Flight Rules (VFR) 

conditions, operate within visual line of sight (VLOS) of the pilots, and 

stay certain distances away from airports or heliports such as 5 

nautical miles from an airport having an operational tower; or 3 NM 

from an airport with a published instrument flight procedure, but not an 

operational tower; or 2 NM from an airport with a published instrument 

flight procedure. It is also understood that the “blanket" 200 foot COA 

allows flights anywhere in the country except restricted airspace and 

other areas, such as major cities, where the FAA prohibits UAS 

operations. 

Description of UAS 

I will be using a Yuneec q500+ http://www.yuneec.com/SpecificationsTyphoon-Q500plus In the event a loss of communications occurs the 

craft will rise up vertically to a safe height before beginning an 

automatic return to home function. The control signal may be 

reconnected in flight and the pilot can take over safe operations again 

if communication is reestablished. However in case of a GPS failure 

the craft will be able to be manually flown to a safe landing by the 

pilot. The craft operated electrically, carries no flammable fuel, has an 

integrated GPS pilot system, provides location information along with 

height AGL, speed, battery life, has programmed no-fly zones for 

controlled airports, and provides direction of travel distance from the 

pilot. 

Flight Operations 

I'm aware of conducting safe flight operations and planning flight paths 

that minimize any over flight of crowds. Operations will not occur 

under IFR conditions. Once battery level reaches 30 percent flight(s) 

will end. All preflight and post-flight checklists and UAS examinations 
will help detect any abnormalities prior to flight and after flight. If my 

UAS is unable to satisfy safety checklists, it will be removed from 

service until the issue can be resolved. 

Granting this request would not adversely affect safety since 

operations would be in accordance with current UAS rules. 

Section 333 Compliance and Appropriateness: 

Based on the size of the craft, experience of the pilot and operational 

goals, this request appears to be well suited for approval using the 

current criteria outlined in Section 333 of the FAA Modernization and 

Reform Act of 2012 (including new interim policies) 

Respectfully, 

Daniel Bowers 

James Street Creative 

26 James Street, Morritown, NJ 07960 

dan@jamesstreetcreative.com