### Request for amendment to FAA 333 UAS exemption , Exemption

No. 11 530 Regulatory Docket No. FAA
- 2014
- 0 0346 , dated May 7, 2015

Contact: Bill Reynolds , President and CEO 407
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- 0008 Leading Edge Associates (LEA) Email: breynolds@ leateam.com Website: www.leateam.comDate:

Re: Exemption No. 11530 Regulatory Docket No. FAA

- 2014

- 0346 Leading Edge Ass ociates, Inc. (LEA) is requesting amendment to our existing 333 e x emption , Exemption No. 11530 Regulatory Docket No. FAA
- 2014
- 00346, dated May 7, 2015 as listed and described below. As stated in our original 333 E xemption, we request under 

### 14 C.F.R §§ 61.113(a) & (b), 91.7(a), 91.121, 91.151(b), 91.405(a), 91.407(a)(1), 91.409(a)(1) & (a)(2), and 91.417(a) & (b), to operate an Unmanned Aircraft System pursuant to Section 333 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (FMRA). If this amendment is approved, request FAA extend the date of expiration accordingly. 

### This certificate FAA

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- 333E is effe ctive from May 9, 2015 to May 31, 2017. 1. Additional Aircraft The purpose of this amendment request is to increase the flexibility of airframes offered to customers and to provide different models with different flight characteristics as the situation dictat es . Different data acquisition hardware requires different configurations a mix of Remote Piloted Aircraft (RPA) can provide. Specifically, use of models already approved by FAA under the 333 exemption is requested in this amendment and are as follows: 

### DJI Phantom 2 , Exemption 14662 DJI 3 , Exemption 14666 DJI Inspire 1 , Exemption 14662 DJI Spreading Wings S 8 00, Exemption 14666 DJI Spreading Wings S1000+, Exemption 14619 DJI Flame, Exemption 14664 3D Robotics Solo , Exemption 14666 Yuneec Typhoon Q500+, Exemption 14259 Blade Chroma, Exemption 14816

### Vertitek V

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- X8a, Exemption 14749

Vertitek V2

- H6a, Exemption 14749

RPA in support of LEA customers requires a mix of aircraft and will further enhance safety of lives b y elim inating humans having to t raverse through rugged terrain, swamps and marshes , yards, vacant lots and throughout the agriculture and mosquito areas. LEA customer base is rapidly expanding throughout the United States as illustrated by the map below and these additional RPA will permit us to adjust to various conditions and flight missions. The map below illustrates our broad customer base and to why we need a variety of platforms in a variety of terrain and weather conditions to carry out data acquisition missions.

According to most scientist, global warming, whether permanent or temporary, will cause an increase in vectors which carry diseases such as Zika , Chikungunya , Dengue and West Nile virus . All have been identified in one or more of the 50 states.2. Additional Missions

Various platforms and data acquisition hardware will permit close inspection of real estate and open fields which contain breeding grounds for the types of mosquitos carry ing these diseases. W e request approval to conduct flight opera tions over commercial, residential, real estate , farms, agricultural applications, orange groves, wetlands and ponds, all are likely areas for mosquito breeding. Under exemption 11530, FAA

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- 0346 LEA has flown missions for the Florida Keys Mosquito District located in the Florida Keys and provided data otherwise unable to be acquire by other means. We wish to expand this capability throughout the United States. Our request is similar in all material respects to relief previously requested in Grant of Exemption Nos. 11062, 11109, 11112, 11213, 14749 and 12645. The reasons stated by the FAA for granting Exemption Nos. 11062, 11109, 11112, 11213, 14749 and 12645 also apply to LEA’s request. A grant of exemption is in the public health interest as the breeding grounds for mosquitos infected with the above menti oned viruses continue to expand throughout our nation.