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January 21, 2016

U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Docket Operations

West Building Ground Floor, Room w12

- 140

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE.,

Washington, DC 20590

Submitted Electronically via the Federal Docket Management System (FDMS)

Re: Addendum to Exemption Request under Section 333 of the FAA Reform Act and Part 11 of the Federal

Aviation Regulations

Dear Sir or Madam :

Vertical Information Services, Inc., h a s prepared the following a m e n d m e n t to our Exemption # 1 1 6 2 4

a n d 1 1 6 2 4 A

. This Addendum allows for the inclusion of t h e f o l l o w i n g a d d i t i o n a l U A S

 3 D R S o l o

 Y u n e e c T y p h o o n

THE UNMANNED AIRCRAFT (UA):

 T h e U A S are lightweight (under 3lbs, and 6.5lb. gross weight respectively), battery operated

Multi

- Rotor VTOL aircraft

 A n on

- board flight computer with GPS navigation and location ability that receives signals for

flight controls from a ground

- based transmitter/controller

 An on

- board camera attached to the UA via a three axis gimbal, capable of capturing full color,

high de finition imagery

 An on

- board telemetry system that delivers flight data from the on

- board flight computer to the

on

- board radio transmitter including altitude AGL, horizontal and vertical speed, compass

direction of flight and direction back to its launch site

THE GROUND STATION

- BASED PART OF THE SYSTEM:

 A Pilot in Command (PIC) in operational control of a flight operation from beginning to end and

who controls the UA while in the air

 A radio transmitter/controller operated by the PIC to control the UA while in flight

 A Ground Station (Tablet or Smart Phone based App) which receives and displays real time

system telemetry and imagery from the UA

 A Visual Observer (VO) is a person who p rovides a second pair of eyes to visually track the UA

while in flight.

o Appendix A is part of the original request pertains to flight operations

o Appendix B is part of the original request and includes the DJI Phantom 2 Vision’s User’s Manual

o Appendix C i

s p a r t o f t h e f i r s t a d d e n d u m a n d i n c l u d e s t h e D J I P h a n t o m 3 a n d I n s p i r e 1

o A p p e n d i

x D i s p a r t o f t h e s e c o n d a d d e n d u m a n d i n c l u d e s t h e F r e e f l y A l t a a n d U

A V D i r e c t P e n g u i n

B E l e c t r i c

 A p p e n d i x E i s i n c l u d e d w i t h t h i s a m e n d m e n t a n d I n c l u d e s M a n u a l s f o r t h e 3 D R S o l o a n d Y u n e e c

T y p h o o n

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This Addendum makes no other changes to t h e c u r r e n t l y a p p r o v e d e x e m p t i o n s 1 1 6 2 4 a n d 1 1 6 2 4 A

,

rea sons for exemption request, and/or operating parameters.

The name and contact information of the applicant remains the same:

S inc e r e l y

,

Eric Andelin

Owner

Vertical Information Services, Inc.

Phone: 813.992.6612

Email: eric@vertisx.com

App e ndix E

– Users Man ua ls ( 3 D R S o l o a n d Y u n e e c T y p h o o n )VERTX

– APPENDIX E

– USERS MANUALS AP P E N DIX E

– USERS MANUAL S 3 DR S OLO and Y UNEEC T Y P HOON

Users Man ua ls and/or documentation for each of these systems can be downloaded here

.

VERTX keeps a copy with each UAS

.

3 DR S olo

Yu neec Ty phoon