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Ramsey Ammar 

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rammar@polsinelli.com 

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Re: Amendment to Exemption No. 13421, Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2015-

3486, Issued to Autonomous Media LLC, Pursuant to Section 333 of the FAA 

Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 

Dear Sir or Madam: 

Autonomous Media LLC ("Autonomous") was issued Exemption No. 13421 on 

October 29, 2015 (hereinafter "the Exemption") authorizing commercial operations, with 

conditions and limitations, for a DJI Inspire 1, Phantom 2 Vision Plus sUAS for the pmpose of 

aerial data collection to include aerial photography and aerial videography. 

Autonomous now requests an amendment to the Exemption allowing it to operate an 

additional sUAS pursuant to the same conditions and limitations contained in the Exemption. In 

addition, Autonomous specifically incorporates into this correspondence all materials related to 

safe operations as expressed in Autonomous's initial submission for the Exemption and to treat 

all materials as if the requested aircraft were included in the original submission. 

The additional aircraft for which relief from 14 CFR Part 21, Certification procedures for · 

Products and Parts, Subpart H- Airworthiness Certificates and additional FAR's as contained in 

the original Exemption will be required and which Autonomous requests be included in its 

exemption is: 

I. DJI Spreading Wings S 1 000 

Autonomous has revised its sUAS Operators Handbooks to include the additional aircraft 

requested to be added to the Exemption. A copy of the revised Operator's Handbooks and Flight 

Operations Manuals are attached. As demonstrated in the attached, The Operator's Handbook 

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and Operations Manuals contain confidential commercial and/or proprietary information to 

Autonomous and are not generally available to the public and are protected from release under 

the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. §552 et seq. As such, Autonomous requests that these 

documents be kept confidential. 

This additional aircraft falls within the limitations prescribed in the Exemption for 

weight, size, and performance. The FAA has previously granted exemptions for these aircraft: 

sUASs GRANTED EXEMPTIONS 

DJI Spreading Wings S 1 000 11156,11467, 11694,11992 

Autonomous respectfully submits that this amendment qualifies for summary grant 

approval. The FAA has previously granted exemptions for the operation of the additional 

aircraft requested in this amendment. Similarly, as the proposed operations of these additional 

aircraft will be in full conformance with the other conditions and limitations of the Exemption, 

there is no need for the FAA to repeat the analysis performed for the original exemption on 

which this amendment is based. For the same reasons, good cause exists to preclude the 

requirement to publish the requested amendment in the Federal Register. 

Please feel free to contact me if there are any questions or any information needed to 

process this amendment to include this additional aircraft on Exemption 13421. 

Sincerely, 

Ramsey Ammar 

Ends: Flight Operations Manual (CONFIDENTIAL- NOT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE) 

sUAS Operator's Handbook (CONFIDENTIAL- NOT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE) 

Exhibit A S1000 User Manual 

Exhibit B 14sg-Manual 

Exhibit C Futaba R6208sb Manual 

Exhibit D Ground Station User Manual 
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Exhibit E BTU Manual 

Exhibit E BTU Release Note 

Exhibit F Tiger Motor MT2814 

Exhibit G Checklist