# AUSLEY 

# MCMULLEN ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW 123 SOUTH CALHOUN STREET P.O. BOX 391 (ZIP 32302) TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA 32301 (850) 224 -9115 FAX (850) 222 -7560 www.ausley.com 

### April 1, 

### 2015 

### Via 

### Electronic Submission Docket 

### Operations U.S. 

### Department 

### ofTransportation West 

### Building, Ground Floor 1200 

### New JerseyAvenue, S.E. 

### Washington, D.C. 

### 20590 Re: 

### Request for 

### "Blanket" COA 

### under FAA Interim Policy 

### Applicant: Vortex UAS 

### LLC 

### DocketNo.: 

### FAA-20I 5

### -0592 

### Dear Sir 

### orMadam: 

### Please 

### accept this letter as a 

### supplement to 

### the 

### exemption request 

### submitted by Vortex UAS, LLC 

### (the 

### "Applicant"). 

### The 

### Applicant's exemption request is 

### currently 

### pending under Docket 

### NumberFAA-2015-0592. On 

### March 24, 

### 2015, the FAA 

### announced that it 

### has 

### implemented a 

### new policy 

### of granting 

### "blanket" COAs to 

### applicants 

### requesting 

### exemptions from the 

### Federal Aviation 

### Regulations under Section 333 

### ofthe 

### FAA 

### Modernization and Reform Act 

### of2012. 

### The details 

### ofthe 

### FAA's policy announcementare set 

### forth in 

### the 

### Press Release enclosed as 

### Attachment 1. 

### The 

### Applicant hereby 

### requests that a 

### "blanket" COA that 

### conforms to 

### the

### terms set 

### forth in

### Attachment 1 

### upon approval 

### ofthe 

### Applicant'sexemption request.



### Richard E. 

### Doran Steven M. 

### Hogan 

### Ausley McMullen 

### Attorneys for 

### Vortex UAS, LLC

# ATTACHMENT

13/31/2015 FMStreamlines UAS COAS for Section 333 

### Federal

## Aviation 

## Administration 

# FAAStreamlines UAS 

# COAs

# forSection 333

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The Federal Aviation 

### Administration has 

### established an interim policy to speed up 

### airspace authorizations

### for certain 

### commercial unmanned aircraft (UAS) 

### operators who obtain Section 333 

### exemptions. 

### The new policy helps bridge

### the gap between the past process, which evaluated 

### every UAS 

### operation individually, and 

### future operations after we publish a final version of the proposed small UAS rule. Underthe new policy, the FAAwill 

### grant a Certificate 

### ofWaiver or

### Authorization (COA) 

### for flights at or below 200

### feetto any UAS 

### operatorwith a Section 333 

### exemption 

### for aircraft 

### thatweigh 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:
5 nautical miles (NM) 

### from an 

### airport having an 

### operational control tower; or 3 NM from an 

### airportwith a published 

### instrument 

### flight procedure, but not an 

### operational tower; or 2 NM from an 

### airportwithout a published 

### instrument 

### flight procedure or an 

### operational tower; or 2 NM from a 

### heliport with a published 

### instrument

### flight procedure The "blanket" 200

### -foot COAallows flights anywhere in the 

### country except restricted 

### airspace and 

### other areas, such as major cities, 

### where the 

## FM prohibits UAS 

### operations. Previously, an 

### operator had to apply 

### for and receive a COA

### for a 

### particular block 

### ofairspace, a process 

### that can take 60 days. The agency expects the new policy will allow 

### companies and individuals who want to use UASwithin these 

### limitations to start flying much more quickly than before. Section 333 

### exemption 

### holders will automatically receive a "blanket" 200 

### foot COA. For new 

### exemption holders, the 

## FM will issue a COA at thetime the 

### exemption is 

### approved. Anyone who wants to fly outside the blanket 

### parameters must obtain a separate COA specific to the airspace required 

### for

### that operation. Get more information on the FAA and UAS (htto://www.faa.gov/about/initiatives/uasfl on our website.
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