To whom it may concern,

I, Bryce Witkowski, owner and founder of Sound Aerial Photography, would like to receive an exemption 

under section 333. Bryce Witkowski will be the UAS operator doing business as Sound Aerial 

Photography.

I, Bryce Witkowski, hereby submit this petition for exemption under Section 333; FAA Modernization 

and Reform Act of 2012, Public Law 11295 FEB. 14, 2012, Section 333. I request this exemption in order 

to operate my UAV/UAS, DJI Phantom 3 Professional Quadcopter Aircraft, in order to provide services 

for profit to include aerial photography, aerial cinematography, aerial filming and photography for real 

estate, construction firms, agricultural modeling, crop monitoring, special events to include but not 

limited to weddings, private or public parties/events.

Petitioners Background

Bryce Witkowski is an Airline Transport Pilot, certificate number 3246875, who also holds a CFI, CFII, and 

MEI Flight Instructor Certificate (#3246875CFI). Bryce Witkowski has 3,000 hours of flight time in 

manned aircraft and 200 hours of flight time in unmanned aircraft systems. All with a flawless safety 

records.

Safety operations

Safe flight operations start on the ground. Bryce witkowski will use his experience and knowledge of the 

National Airspace Systems to keep all UAS flights in a safe distance from aircraft operation. Also by 

motoring appropriate radio frequencies in the area by use of ground based communications. Proper 

preflight safety checks will be performed on the aircraft before every flight and every flight will be 

logged for safety data. A full weather report will be attained either by duats.com or aviationweather.gov 

before every flight to be sure that the operation stays in VFR conditions. All FAA advisory circulars will 

be checked and complied with before each day of operation. All Temporary Flight Restrictions and 

appropriate NOTAMs will be checked prior to each flight. The aircraft will always be operated in the line 

of sight.

The Aircraft to be used is a DJI Phantom 3 professional quadcopter. The aircraft uses GPS to determine 

its location and position. Prior to every fly the operator will check to assure the GPS is working correctly. 

The aircraft has altimeter to assure no operation will be conducted 400 feet above ground level. The 

maximum speed of the DJI Phantom 3 is 35 mile per hour and has a weight of 2.9 pounds. It has a 17 

feet per second assent rate and a 10 feet per second decent rate. The DJI Phantom has approximately 

22 minutes of useful battery life. The aircraft will be landed in a safe location with no less than 5 

minutes of over manufactures recommended safe battery time. Bryce Witkowski will make sure the 
aircraft is updated with the latest updates, and will follow any recommendations put forth by the

manufacturer for the purpose of safety. The user guide/manual is and always will be strictly followed to 

ensure the aircraft performance and reliability. 

The use of this aircraft is limited to photography and videography. For no circumstance will the aircraft 

be used to carry persons nor property for any reason.

The Benefit

The benefit of Bryce Witkowski using an UAS instead of manned aircraft are:

 Less air pollution

 Less noise

 Does not congest National Airspace Systems

 Less airport traffic

 Less fuel used

There are many benefits to using an UAS opposed to a manned aircraft. UAS are extremely efficient in 

all aspects. It would take a UAS 15 minutes to do a job that would take a manned aircraft an hour to do 

at minimum. There are great advantages of being able to start your flight at the location of the of 

Photography point opposed to always starting at an airport and wasting time to get to the correct 

location. This bring huge economic savings to everyone involved and greater safety because it 

minimizes total time airborne.

Similar Exemptions Granted:

Recent exemptions granted that are similar to this petition: 

12624,12622,12620,12617,12612,12605,12608.

This petition is more qualified to get awarded than some other exemptions because of the experience

and qualifications of the operator. There are no exemptions needed from part 61 of section 14. Which 

is the most import factor of the operation, the airman. The Airman is the one who flies the aircraft and 

it is the airman who is that could potentially put others in danger. This operator currently faces threats 

like these everyday being an Airline Pilot and knows how to operate an aircraft safely and mitigate these 

threats. 

Exemptions

The specific sections of 14 C.F.R from which I am seeking exemption are as follows: 14 C.F.R. Part 21

subpart H; 14 C.F.R. 45.23(b); 14 C.F.R 91.7(a) 14 C.F.R. 91.9(b)(2); 14C.F.R. 91.109(a); 14 C.F.R. 91.119; 

14 C.F.R. 91.121; 14 C.F.R. 91.151(a); 14 C.F.R. 91.203(a) & (b); 14 C.F.R. 91.205(a),(b),&(c); 14C.F.R. or 

91.207(a); 14 C.F.R. 91.405(a); 14 C.F.R. 91.407(a)(1); 14 C.F.R. 91.409(a)(2}; 14 C.F.R. 91.417(a) & (b).
I have been operating aircraft for over 10 years with a flawless safety record and I plan on carrying my 

same safety mentality to this field of aviation as well. Sincerely.

Bryce Witkowski

D.B.A Sound Aerial Photography

Bryce.witkowski@yahoo.com