Water To Wine Productions

Christopher Lamb

4 Ravens Perch

Bryan, Tx 77808

979-218-2378

paramediccml@gmail.com

This submittal is a request for authorization of UAS operation for Videography/

Photographic purposes. This exemption will only be used for a professional production 

company. The production company specializes in video production of cinematic films, 

documentaries, real-estate videos, and commercials. If allowed by the FAA I would offer

local emergency assistance within our region. I also am a Firefighter/Paramedic for the 

City of Bryan. I will extend the offer for the Fire Department to contact me in the event 

they need UAS assistance with any wildland fires, or search and rescue events. I 

understand this is granted on a case by case basis per section 333 of the FAA 

Modernization and Reform Act of 2012. All UAS operations will be line of site and all 

FAA regulations will be followed at all times.

Qualifications:

Flight Paramedic for CHI/St. Joseph Hospital in Bryan

AMRAM Safety certified and maintained annually

Being a flight Paramedic I am consistent with FAA regulations on a daily basis which 

operating as a member of a medical flight crew of a Bell 407.

Career Firefighter/Paramedic

Haz-Mat certified

I have been flying small (under 10 lbs) UAV for approximately 3 years.
Equipment:

(Registered with the FAA) DJI Phantom 3 Gold/Professional Edition quad rotor, battery 

operated. Dual control is provided, one for me to position the vehicle and one for the 

operator of the camera for added safety in awareness. The camera operator is locked 

out of being able to move the vehicle. The software for the vehicle allows for hands off 

stabilization and position maintenance, either by GPS or optical /ultrasonic means. It 

also forces the vehicle to return to a user definable home if control is lost or interrupted 

for greater than 10 seconds and includes verbal warning if either condition occurs. Low 

battery warning occurs when the vehicle has a software defined margin required to 

return to the home location. A verbal warning is utilized also.

DJI has defined approximately 10,000 airports where various degrees of caution are 

required. These range from on screen soft shaded areas to solid red and cannot fly in 

others. The shaded areas are visible on the controllers screen.

DJI.com has a complete set of parameters that can be viewed on this Web site.

In my opinion, this should be the minimum equipment required for safe and productive 

use.

Procedures:

The procedures I use are: 

Obtain permission of the property owner. In case of a listing for a property for sale, the 

listing document has permission in writing.

Advise the camera operator that the drone has to be within sight at all times. This gives 

two sight paths to position the vehicle so as not to strike items such as trees and 

bushes and maintain clearance from the item to be photographed.

Any observers/property owners witnessing the operation are advised regarding the 

hazards of close proximity to the vehicle. I request that pets be secured.
No operations will be conducted over crowed areas.

Battery charging capabilities are present on site. Either from the owner’s power or my 

own vehicle. This permits the operation to be accomplished in one sitting.

A short test flight is conducted in an area away from obstructions to ascertain the effect 

of local winds. If hands off stabilization and position maintenance can be demonstrated, 

the session can continue. A home site is designated at every site, by user 

programmable means, to facilitate the low battery or loss of communications automatic 

return.

A complete pre-flight inspection of the UAS equipment and functionality will be 

completed and recorded.

A complete log of every flight will be kept in detail.

Water To Wine Productions LLC

Christopher Lamb

4 Ravens Perch

Bryan, Tx 77808

979-218-2378

paramediccml@gmail.com