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U.S. D e p a rtm e nt of T r a n sport a t ion

Dock e t Man a g e ment S y s tem

1200 N e w J er s e y Av e

., S E

W a shi n g ton, DC 20590

R e : P e t i t i on of Miami Aerial, LLC , for a n E x e mp t ion P u rsu a nt t o S ec t i on 333 of the F AA Mod e rni z a t i on

a nd Re f o r m A c t of 2012

To W hom it M a y Con c e r n:

P u r suant to S ec t i on 333 of the F A A Mod e rni z a t i on a nd Re f o r m A c t of 20 1 2 ( " R e fo r m A c t " ) a nd 14 C. F .R.

P a rt 1 1, Miami Aerial, LLC (" Company " ) h e r e b y a ppl i e s for a n e x e mp t ion f r om the F e d e r a l A

viation

R e gulations ( " F

AR s " ) id e nt if

ied b e low t o a l l ow c om m e r c ial op e r a t i on of small unmann e d ae r i a l vehi c les

( i.e., " small unm a nn e d a ir c r a f t " or " U A S " ) for the pu rpose o f c ondu c t i n g : ae r i a l videography, photography

for all types of real estate

.

T his p e ti t ion f

or e x e mpt i on a ddr e ss e s p e r t i n e nt F A A FA R’s a nd C F R’s a s we ll a s , but n o t l i m i t e d to,

th e s e a c c om p a n y

i n g S ho wca s e ’s d o c u m e nt s

.

1. P I C F li g ht O p e r a tions M a nu a l and;

2. Op e r a tions M a nu a ls"

(c oll ec tiv e l y r ef

e rr ed to as " Miami Aerial ' Do c ume n ts & M a nu a ls " )

3. Us e r Guide a nd;

4. F l i g ht M a nu a l

(c olle c tiv e l y r e f

er r e d to a s " M a n u f

a c tu r e r ' s Man u a ls " )

. 1

The Miami Aerial subm it s t h e se a s w e ll a s o ther Miami Aerial s u pporting mat er i a ls as

c o n fid e nti a l do c u m e nts pu r s u a nt to 14 C. F .R. § 11.35 ( b )

, a s the mat er i a ls cont a in c on f i d e nti a l

c o mm er c ial a nd/or pro p r i e t a r y info r mat i on that the Miami Aerial h a s n o t a nd will not s h ar e with oth e rs.

Add i tional l y , t h e se do c u m e nts cont a in op er a ting c onditions and p r o c e du r e s that a r e not g e n e r a l l y

a v a il a ble to the public a nd ar e pr o t ec ted f rom r e l ea s e un d e r the F ree d o m of I n f o r mation A c t, 5 U.S. C

. §

552 e t seq.

1 The t er m " M a n u fac tu r e r 's M a n u a l" a lso includ e s a ll r e le v a nt manu f a c tu r e r p ubli ca tions

, in c lud in g , but not

li m ited to: op er a tions a n d f li g h t m a nu a l s

, us e r g

ui d e s

, c ompon e n t m a int e n a n c e m a n u a ls

, pilo t t r a ini ng

man u a ls, s e rvi c e info r m a t i on l e tt e rs a nd, s af e t y /s e r vi c e bu l l e tins).U.S. D e p a rtm e nt of T r a n spor t a tion

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T h is P e tition is o r g a ni z e d a s follows:

I. P et i t io n e r

II. De s cr i p tion of P r o p o se d O p er a t io n s

A

. R ea l E s t a te A e r i a l P ho t o g r a p h y

, V id e o g r a p h y a n d I n s p ec tion S e r v i c e

III. R e levant St at u t o r y A u t h o r ity

IV. Miami Aerial ’ s P r o p o s e d MA

- UAS O p er a t io n s Mee t t h e R e qu i re m e nt s of S ect i o n 333 of t h e

Re f o r m A c t

A. Ap pr ov a l is W arra nted B a s e d on the MA

- UAS’s S i z e

, W e i g ht, S p e e d, a nd O p er a tion a l C a p a bili t y

B . App r ov a l is W arr ant e d B a s e d on the O p er a tio n a l R e strictions S e t F o r th i n the O p er a tions

M a nu a ls

V. Re g u latio n s F r o m Wh i c h E x e m p tion is R e qu e s t e d

A. 14 C. F .R. P a rt 21, Subp a rt H

– Ai r wo r thin e ss C er t ifi c a tes a nd 14 C. F .R. § 91.20 3 (a)( 1 )

B . 14 C. F .R. P a rt 27 Ai r wo r t h in e ss S tand a rds: N o r mal C a t e g o r y Rotor c r aft

C .14 C. F .R. §§ 91.9 (c ), 4 5 .23(b) a nd 45.27 ( a ): A i r cra ft M a rki n g a nd I d e nti f i ca tion R e qui r e m e nts

D. 14 C. F .R. § 91.405 (a ), 91.40 7 (a)( 1 ), 9 1 .409 ( a ) ( 1) a nd (2); 91.417 ( a ) a nd ( b ) : Maint e n a n c e I nsp e c tions

E. 14 C. F .R. P a rt 61, 14 C. F .R. § 61.3, 14 C

. F .R. § 61.113: P riv a te Pilot P rivile g e s a nd L imit a tio n s

F . 14 C. F .R. § 91.7 (a ): Civil Ai r c r a ft A i r wo r thi n e ss

G. 14 C. F .R. § 91.9 ( b )( 2 ) : C i v il Air cr a ft F l i g ht M a n u a l in the Ai rcra ft a nd 1 4 C

. F .R. § 91.20 3 (a ) a nd ( b ) :

C a rr y i n g Ci v il Air c r a ft Ce r ti f

i ca tion a nd R e g ist r a t i on

H. 14 C. F .R. § 91.103: P r e fl i g ht A c tion

I . 14 C. F .R. § 91.109 (a ): F li g ht I nstru c tion

J . 14 C. F .R. § 91.119 ( c ) : M i n imum S af e Altitudes

K. 14 C. F .R. § 91.121: A l t i me t e r Settin g s

L . 14 C. F .R. § 91.151 (a ): F u e l R e quir e m e nts for F l i g ht in V F R C o nd i tions

VI. D r u g a n d Al c o h ol P r o g r a m

VII. P ub lic I n t e re s t

VIII. P r iv a c y

IX. F e d er al R e gi s t e r S u m m a r y

X. Concl u sionU.S. D e p a rtm e nt of T r a n spor t a tion

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I. D ES C R I P T ION O F P E T I T IONER

Based in Miami, FL, the Company is an aerial videography and photography company dedicated to

providing technologically driven and innovative solutions to the state wide Real Estate Industry for al l types

of property. One of it s founders, Hagen Rottke, ha s been a model aircraft pilot since 1985 and has flown

remote controlled air craft for more than 25 years. Additionally, Mr. Rottke has a private pilot ’ s license in

Germany. As part of the Company’s vision of providing new and innovative technology driven solutions to

meet its client's needs, and building upon its founders extensive experience in commercial helicopter

- based

aerial videography and photography, the Company seeks an exemption to allow commercial operations of

small 55 lbs UASs to provide aeri al videography, photography, land survey, mapping and marketing of all

types of real estate and development to its clients.

The c ont ac t in f

o r m a tion f

or Petitioner is as f

ollo w s:

Paul Morris

P r e sident

Miami Aerial, LLC

,

P. O. Box 530894

Miami Shores, FL, 33153

P hon e : 305

- 795

- 6123

Email: info@miamiaerial.com

II. D ES C R I P T ION O F P R O P O SE D O P E RA T I O N

Miami Aerial s ee ks a n e x e m p tion pursu a nt to S ec tion 333 of the R ef o r m A c t to o p er a te the DJI

Phantom, S 900, and Inspire 1

, ( MA

- UAS ) f o r the p r opos e d op e r a tions dis c us s e d b e low. UA S ope ra tions

will oc c ur und e r ti g ht l y c ontrol l e d c ond i tions on priv a te p r op er t y w h er e Miami Aerial h a s r ece ived

p e rmission to op er a te fr om the landown e r, c on t roller or a uthori z e d r e p r e s e ntati ve s . The pr o pos e d UA S

op e r a tions will be c ondu c ted in a cc o r d a n c e with t he c onditions and li m it a t ions of this P e tition f or

E x e m p tion and Miami Aerial ’s Op er a tions Ma n u a ls. As d e tailed in Miami Aerial ’ s Op er a tions Man u a ls,

all U A S op er a tions will be l i mited to d a y time VF R c onditions, wit h in vis u a l lin e

- o f

- s i g ht ( " V L O S " ) of the

op er a tor, in uncon t r oll e d a irs p ace

, a nd will o cc ur a t l ea st 5 nm a w a y f rom a n a irp o rt. Mo re ov er

, Miami

Aerial ’ s O p e r a tions Manu a ls i n c o r po r a te r e dund a nt s af

e g u a rds to a ssu r e that the a i r c ra ft do e s not tr a v e l

outside the c ontrol l e d a r e a o f U A S op e r a tions, in c ludi n g GPS " g e o

- fe n c i n g" t ec hnol o g ies.

A. A er ial Vi d e og r a ph y a n d P h otog r a ph y of R e al E sta t e

Miami Aerial s ee ks to use sm a ll MA

- UASs for the p u r pose of c ondu c ti n g a e ri a l videog ra p h y

, photo g rap h y a nd insp ec t i on of rea l e state pro p e r t y

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Miami Aerial h a s t a ilo re d i t s ope r a tions to m ee t the re qui r e ments e stabli s h e d b y t h e F A A in p r ior g ra n ts

of e x e mpt i ons a uthori z ing c om m er c ial use o f MA

- UAS in the ae ri a l videograp h y , phot o g r a p h y a nd

inspe c t i on of rea l e state i ndus t r y , includi n g :

 T r ud ea u, R e a l t or® ( E x e mp t ion No. 11138 ) ;

 A lon S i c h e r m a n ( E x e m p t i on N o. 1172 8 ) ;

 S okol e r M e d l e y ( E x e mp ti on N o. 1134 1 ) ;

MA

- UAS seeks to use small UASs for the purpose of conducting ae ri a l vide o g r a p h y , phot o gr a p h y

a nd i n sp ec t i on of r e a l e state p r op e r t y o p e r a tions . Such work w ill be c ondu c ted on p r i v a te p r o p er t y in a

c ontrol l e d are a

, a w a y f

r om s p ec tators a nd p er s ons not inv o lv e d in the ae ri a l vide o gr a p h y , pho t o g r a p h y

a nd insp e c t i on of rea l e state pro p e r t y

. MA

- UAS v ideo a n d i n sp e c t ion wo r k will be c ondu c ted du r i n g

d a y l i g h t hours, V F R c ond i tions, a t altitudes b e low 4 0 0 ' AG L

. As s e t fo r th b e low, Miami Aerial ’ s

op e r a tions pro v ide a sup e rior l e v e l of s afe t y a nd q u a l i ty c ompa re d to p erf o r ming the sa m e video wo r k

using c onvention a l f

i x e d

- wing a i r c r a ft or h e l icopt e rs.

The pro p os e d MA

- UAS op e r a t i ons in th i s P e t i t i o n for E x e mp t ion s i g nifi ca nt l y i m prove s s a f e t y a nd

r e du c e s risk, h a rm or s e ri o us inju r y to real estate i nsp ec t ors and property assessors . T r a di t ional methods of

rea l es t a te vid e o prod uc t i on a nd insp ec t i o n of st r u c tur e s, e x pose videog ra ph e r

- insp e c tors to h i g h e r risks of

s e rious in j uri e s, or d e a th. Vide o gr a ph e r

- i nsp ec tors n e e d to cl i mb roof tops or oth e r w ise p e r fo r m el e v a t e d

wo r k, wh i c h e x pos e s them to the r isk of d a n g e rous f a l l s, e le c t r o c ut i on or other wo r k r e l a ted e x tr e mes. I n

a ddi t i o n, d e p e ndi n g on the n a tu r e of the video n ee d e d a nd the i nsp ec t i on work, p r o x i m i t y to e quip m e nt and

oth e r h a z a rds a ssoci a ted with i ndustri a l real estate s i tes a nd real estate c onst r u c t i on locations o f ten in v olves

a great deal of risk to accomplish the job. T he use o f MA

- UAS m i t i g a tes th e se h a z a rds a nd is ul t i m a te l y a

much s a f e r m e thod of p e r f

ormi n g these a nd m o st o t h e r t y p e s o f insp e c t i ons.

MA

- UAS r e a l es t a te vi d e o pr o du c t i on a nd i nsp ec t i on of stru c tur e s is much s a f e r th a n t r a di t ional

mann e d a ir c r a ft p e r f

o rming the s a m e fun c t i on. C o nv e nt i on a l ope ra t i ons us i ng roto r c raft a nd fi x e d

- w ing

a ir c r a ft in low l e v e l op e r a t i ons pr e s e nt ve r y h i g h r isks with vehi c les we i g h i ng thous a nds of pound s

,

ca rr y i n g p a sse n g e rs a nd l a r g e a moun t s of fu e l. I t i s i m port a nt t o note th a t t he use of sm a ll MA

- UAS in

t his a r e a will not on l y be s a fer a nd more c ost e f f ec t i v e

, but t he qu a l i t y of c ol le c t e d d a ta a nd inf o rm a t i on is

f a r sup e rio r

.

MA

- UAS r e a l es t a te vi d e o prod uc t i on a nd insp ec t i on of stru c tur e s is more r e l i a ble, a nd a l l ows f or t he

c ol l ec t i on, diss e m i n a t i on, a nd stora g e o f visu a l c o ntent a nd other s e nso r y d a ta w i t h gr e a t e r p r ec is i on a nd

dur a t i on. MA

- UASs a re a lso c a p a ble of a c ce ss i n g f in i sh a nd stru c tur a l q u a l i ty thro u g h the u s e of vid e o a nd

inspe c t i ng a re a s that wo u ld o t h e r w ise be in a cce ss i ble to humans a nd would be i m poss i ble to be c omp l e ted

with conv e nt i on a l ai r c r a f t or other inspe c t i on me t hods.U.S. D e p a rtm e nt of T r a n spor t a tion

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IV. R ELE V ANT S T ATU T ORY AU T HORI T Y

This P e tition f

or E x e m p t i on is subm i tted pu r su a nt t o S ec tion 333 (a ) th r o u g h ( c ) of the F AA

Mo d e rni z a tion a nd R ef

o r m A c t of 2012 ( " Re f

o r m A c t " ). Co n g r e ss h a s di r ec ted the F AA " to s a fe l y

a c ce l e ra te the i nte g ra tion of civil unm a n n e d a i rcra ft s y stems into the n a tio n a l ai r sp a ce s y stem

. " P u r s u a nt t o

S e c tion 333 of the R ef

o r m A ct, the F AA Admini s tr a tor is to p e rmit un m a n n e d a i rc r a ft s y st e ms to o p er a te in

the N a t i on a l Air Sp ac e ( "NA S " ) wh er e it is s a f e to do so b a s e d on the f

ollowi n g c onsi d er a tions:

● The UAS’s si z e , w e i g ht, sp e e d a nd o p e r a tio n a l c a p a bili t y ;

● Op er a tion of the UAS in close pr o x imi t y to a i rp o rts a nd populat e d a r ea s; a n d

● Op er a tion of the UAS within the visu a l line of si g ht of the op e r a tor.

Addition a l l y , the F AA A dmini s t r a tor h a s g e n era l a uth o r i t y to g ra nt e x e mptions f r om the a g e n c y 's

s a f e t y r e g u l a t i ons a nd minimum s t a nd a rds wh e n the Ad m ini s t r a tor d ec ides a r e q u e sted e x e mption is in the

pub l i c int er e st. S e e 49 U

. S

. C . § 106 (f ) ( d e fini n g t he a u t hori t y of t h e Admi n istr a tor ) ; 49 U .S .C. § 44701 (f)

( p e rmi t ting e x e mptions f

r om §§ 447 0 1 (a ), ( b ) a nd §§ 44702

– 44716, e t se q

. ). A p a r t y re qu e sti n g a n

e x e mption mu s t e x p l a in t he r e asons w h y the e x e mption: (1) would b e n e fit the public a s a who l e

, a nd ( 2)

would not adv er s e l y a f

f e c t sa f e t y ( or h o w it wou l d pr o vide a lev e l of s afe t y a t l ea st eq u a l to the e x i sting

r ules )

. S e e 14 C. F .R. § 1 1.81 ( p e titions for e x e mption).

IV. HI G H E R U P 'S P R O P O SE D UAS O P E RA T I O NS M EE T T HE R EQ UIRE M E NTS OF

SE CT I ON 333 OF T HE R E F O RM ACT

The MA

- UAS op e r a tio n s p r opos e d b y Miami Aerial i n this P e tition for E x e mp tion qu a li f y f o r

e x p e dit e d a ppr o v a l pursu a nt to S ec tion 333 of the R ef o r m A c t a s e a c h of t h e st a tuto r y c rit er i a a nd re lev a nt

f a ctors ar e s a tisfi e d.

A. A pp r oval is Wa rr a n t e d Bas e d on t h e MA

- UAS’s S i z e , W e ig h t, S p ee d

, a n d O p er a t io n al

Ca p a b ility

A G r a nt of E x e mption is a pprop r iate f o r op e r a tio n s c ondu c ted usi n g the MA

- UASs due to its si z e w e i g ht,

sp ee d, a nd op er a tion a l c a p a b i li t y

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o T he MA

- UAS h a s b e en a ppr o v e d for u s e in prior S ec tion 333 G ra nts of E x e m p tion f r om the F A A

. 2

o The MA

- UAS w e i g hs l e ss th a n 55 pounds, in c lu d ing p a y l o a d.

o The MA

- UAS will not be f lown a t a g r ound sp e e d in e x c e ss of 50 knots.

o Altitude in f

o r mation w i ll be g e n e ra ted b y e quip m e nt onboa r d the UA a s s p ec ifi e d using GPS

tri a n g u l a tion, d i g it a l l y e n c o d e d b a rom e tric a ltim e t er

, ra dio a ltim e t er , or a n y combin a tion the r e o f

. This in f o r mation will be t ra ns m itt e d to the pilot v i a tel e met r ic d a ta f e e d.

o The MA

- UASs will h a ve s y stem r e dund a n c ies a n d i n d e p e nd e nt fu n c tion a li t y to e nsu r e the ov e r a ll

s afe t y a nd pr e dict a bil i t y of the s y stem. I f c on n ec t ion to the re m ote c ontrol or g round c ontrol station

is lost, f a ils af e s y s t e ms wi ll pe r mit the MA

- UAS to r e turn to a p re d e t e rmin e d loc a tion a nd s afe l y

l a nd without inju r y o r d a m a g e

.

o The ra dio f

r e qu e n c ies u s e d for op e r a tions a nd c o n trol of the MA

- UAS c omp l y with the Fe d e r a l

C ommunic a tions C o m mission ( " F CC " ) a n d other a ppr o p r i a te g o v e rnm e nt ove r s i g ht a g e n c y

re qu i r e ments. The op e ra ti n g f re qu e n c y for t he MA

- UAS a re 2.4 GH z

.

I f the s a me o p e r a tions w er e c on d u c ted usi n g a h e li c opte r , the a i r c r a f t ' s ta k e

- o f f w e i g ht would l ik e l y e x cee d

6,0 0 0 pounds ca r

r y i n g a pi l ot, c a me r a op e r a tor a n d V O

- visual obse r v e r

- n a vi g a tor. T h e dif fe r e n c e i n

we i g ht b e tw ee n t h e MA

- UAS a nd a h e li c opt e r s i g nifi c a n t l y re du ce s t h e potential h a rm to the p ar t icip a ting

a nd no n

- p a rti c ip a ting individuals or pr o p er t y in t h e e v e nt o f a n acc i d e nt or incid e nt. I n a ddition, the r isk t o

the onbo a rd pilot a nd ca m er a op e ra tor is eliminat e d.

2 S e e e .g

., G r a nt of E x e m ption to S hotover C a m er a S y stems L

. P

. ( E x e mp t i on No. 11159 ) ; G ra nt of

E x e mption to VDOS Gl o b a l, L L C ( E x e mption No. 11112 ) ; G r a nt of E x e mption to L ow Coun t r y RC, Corp.

( E x e mption No. 11184 ) ; G ra nt of E x e mption to A l a n P urwin ( E x e mption No. 11161); G r a nt of E x e mption

to H e lin e t Aviation S e rvi ce s (E x e mpt i on No. 11160 ) ; G r a nt of E x e mption to Total S a f e t y U.S., I

n c

. ( E x e mption No. 11156 )

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B

. A pp r oval is Wa rr a n t e d B a s e d on t h e O p er a t i o n al R e s tr i ct io n s S e t F o r th in Miami Aerial ’s

O p er a t io n s M a nu als

Miami Aerial ’ s O p e r a tions M a nu a ls a nd the M a n u f a c tu r e r ' s Manu a l f

o r the s el ec t ed MA

- UASs will

c ontain a ll the p r o ce dures a nd limitations n ece ss a r y to sa f e l y a nd s u cce s s f

ul l y p e r f o r m t h e op e r a ti o ns

spe c i f i e d in this P e tition f

or E x e mptio n . To a s sist the F AA in m a king a s a f e t y a ssessment of Miami

Aerial ’s p ropos e d op era tions, b e low is a sum m a r y o f op e r a t ional l imitations a nd c onditions that Miami

Aerial will a dh er e to, and wh i c h will e nsure a n e q u i v a l e n t or h i g h e r l e v e l of s a f e t y to o p era tions

c on d u c ted und e r c u rre nt r e g u l a to r y g u i d e lin e s:

1. The MA

- UAS w e i g h s l e ss th a n 55 pounds, ful l y load e d

.

2. All op era tions shall be c o ndu c ted ov e r priv a te or c ontrol l e d

- acce ss prop e r t y with p e rmission f r om

the land own er

/ c ontrol l e r or a

ut h o r i z e d r e p re s e nta t ive. P e rmission f r om l a nd own er

/ c ontrol l e r or

a uthori z e d r e p re s e ntative will be obt a in e d for eac h fl i g ht o p e r a tion.

3. All MA

- UASs op er a ted un d e r the G r a nt of E x e mption will be id e nti f i e d b y s er i a l nu m b er

,

r e g ist ere d in ac c o r d a n c e with 14 C F R p ar t 47, and h a ve identifi ca tion ( N

- N um b er ) m ar ki n g s in

acc o r d a n c e with 14 C F R p a rt 45, Subp a rt C. M a rkin g s will be a s l ar g e a s pra c t i ca ble.

4. Min i mum c re w f

or ea ch fli g ht op e ra tion will c onsist of a pilot, who will be Pi lo t

- in C om m a nd

( " P I C " ) o f the MA

- UA S

, a nd one o r mo r e Visu a l Ob s e rv e rs ( " Ob s er v e r " ) a s ne c e s s a r y to s a fe l y

c o ndu c t the mission.

5. P I Cs s h a ll pos s e ss at le a s t a Priv a te Pilot ' s C e rtif ic a te a nd c u rre nt C lass I I I M e d i ca l C e rtifi ca t e . The

P I C will a lso m ee t the f

l i g ht r e vi e w re qui r e ments spe c ifi e d in 14 C

. F .R 61

. 56 in an a i rcra ft in whi c h

the P I C is r a ted on his or h e r pilot c e rtifi ca te.

6. The UA sh a ll be o p er a t e d within V L OS of the P IC a nd Obs e rv e r a t a ll tim e s. The P I C must use

human vision un a ided b y a n y d e v i c e other th a n c o r r e c tive l e n s e s, a s spe c if i e d on the P I

C ' s F A A

issu e d medi ca l c e rti f

ic a t e

.

7. The P I

C a nd Obs e r v e r de s i g n a t e d for a n y o p e r a ti o n will be a ble to c ommunic a te v er b a l l y a t all

tim e s.

8. El e c tronic mes s a g i n g o r t e x ting will not be p e rmi t t e d du r ing fl i g ht o p er a ti o ns.

9. The a dditional re qui r e me nts id e nti f i e d in the G ra n t of E x e mption s h a ll be a d d e d to the Miami

Aerial ’s

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The Op e r a t i ons M a nu a ls will be maintain e d a nd made a v a il a ble to the Administr a tor upon re q u e st. I f a

disc re p a n c y e x ists b e tw e e n the c onditions and li m itations in the G ra nt of E x e mption a nd Miami Aerial ’ s

Op er a tions M a nu a ls, the c ond i tions and li m itatio n s in the G ra nt of E x e mpt i on sh a ll t ake pr e ce d e n c e a n d

must be f ollow e d. Oth e r wise, Miami Aerial sh a ll fo l low the p r o ce du re s out l in e d in t h e ir O p era tions

M a nu a ls.

10. Miami Aerial m a y u p d a te or r e vis e it s O p e ra tio ns M a nu a ls

. R e vision s w il l b e t r ac k e d a n d a

r e vi s e d c o p y of the M a n u a l w il l b e p r ov i d e d to t h e A dmin i st r a to r u po n re q u e st

.

Miami Aerial w il l a ls o p re s e n t a n u pd a t e d a n d r e vi s e d O p e r a ti o n s M a n u a l s i f i t p e tition s f o r e x t e nsio n o r

a m e nd m e n t t o it s G r a n t o f E x e mption

. I f a n up d a t e or r e vi s ion would a f fe c t the b a sis upon whi c h t h e F A A

g r ants the e x e mption, Miami Aerial will se e k a n a m e ndment to its Gr a nt of Ex e mption. Miami Aerial will

c o nta c t t he F

A A’s MA

- UAS I

nt e g ra tion O ff

i c e ( A F S

- 80) if q u e stions a rise r e g a rdi n g u pd a tes or re vi s ions

to t he o p er a t i n g do c u m e n ts.

11. Miami Aerial ’ s O p e ra t i on s M a n u a l s a nd it s G r a n t of E x e mptio n w il l be a v a i l a bl e to th e

P I C a t the g r o u n d c on t r o l st a tio n a n y

ti me the MA

- UAS is op e ra ti n g

.

12. The P I

C is prohi b i t e d fr o m be g inni n g a MA

- UAS f li g ht unl e ss ( c onsid er i n g wind a nd f o r eca st

w ea th e r c onditions) the r e is en o u g h po w e r to f l y to the f i rst i n t e nd e d point of l a ndin g

, a nd a ssumi n g n o r m a l

c rui s i n g s p e e d, to f

l y af t e r t hat for a t l ea st 10 m inutes.

13. M a x imum tot a l fl i g ht time f or eac h o p er a tion a l f

l i g ht us i n g the MA

- UAS will be limited to 40

m inutes or the a mount of t i me the MA

- UAS ca n be flown a nd s till maintain a re s e rve b a t t e r y po w e r of no

less than 25 % , whi c h e v e r o c cu r s fi r s t

.

14. F li g hts will be o p e r a ted a t an a ltitude of no more t h a n 400 f e e t A G L a nd w i ll n e v e r e n t e r n a v i g a ble

c o ntrol l e d a irsp ac e without prior w r itten a uthori z a tion a nd a ppr o v a l f r om the F A A. I n the e v e nt the

str u c ture b e ing ins pe c ted e x ce eds 400 f e e t A G L

, t h e MA

- UAS will not be op e r a ted m or e th a n 100 f ee t

a bo v e the h i g h e st po i nt o n the stru c tur e

, a n d no more than 100 fee t h o r i z ontal l y fr om the s t ru c tur e

.

15. F li g ht op e r a tions must be c ondu c ted a t l ea st 500 f e e t f r om all nonpa r ti c ipat i ng p e rsons. ( p e rsons

ot h e r t h a n the P I

C, V O, op er at o r t ra ine e s o r e sse n t i a l p er son n e l ), ve ssels, v e hicl e s, a nd st r u c tur e s un l e ss:

a

. B a rr i e rs or str u c tur e s a re p re s e nt th a t suf f i c i e nt l y p rot ec t nonpa r ti c i p a ting p e rsons f rom the UA

a n d /or d e b r is in the e v e nt of a n acc ident. The op e r a tor must e nsu r e that non p a rti c ipating

p e rsons re main un d e r s u c h p r ote c tion. I f a si t u a ti o n a ris e s wh er e nonp a rti c i p a ti n g p e rsons l ea ve

su c h p r ote c tion a nd a r e within 500 f e e t of the U A, f

l i g h t ope ra tions must c ea se immedi a t e l y

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b. The a i rc r a ft is op er a ted n ea r v e s s e ls, vehi c les or s t r u c tur e s w h e r e t h e own e r / c ontrol l e r of su c h

v e ssels, v e hicl e s or str u c tur e s h a s g ra nted p e rmission and the P I C h a s made a s af

e t y a s s e ssm e nt

of the r isk of op e r a ti n g c l os e r to those obje c ts and d e t e rmin e d that it do e s not p r e s e nt an undue

h a z a rd, a nd;

c

. Op er a tions n ea rer to the P I C, VO, op e r a tor t r a in e e s or e ssential p e rsons do not p r e s e nt an

undue h a z a rd to those p e rsons p e r § 91.119 (a).

16. The UA m a y not be o p e r a ted l e ss th a n 500 fee t b e low or less than 2,000 f e e t h ori z ontal l y fr om a

c loud or wh e n vi s ibili t y i s l e ss th a n 3 s t a tute miles f rom the P I

C.

17. The UA m a y not op er a te within 5 nm of a n a irpo r t re f e r e n c e point a s d e no t ed on a c u rr e nt F A A

pub l ish e d ae ro n a

uti ca l c h a rt unless a letter of a g r e e ment with that a irpo r t’s man a g e ment is obtai n e d, a nd

the op e r a t i o n is condu c t e d in acc o r d a n c e with a N OTAM a s re qui r e d b y t h e Miami Aerial CO A

. The l e t t e r

of a g r ee ment with the a irpo r t man a g e ment will be made a v a il a ble to the Admini s t r a tor upon re qu e st.

18. P rior to e ac h fl i g ht the P IC sh a ll inspe c t the MA

- UAS to con f irm th a t it i s in a c ondition sa f e f or

fl i g ht. The p re

- fl i g ht in s p ec t i on will acc ount for a ll disc re p a n c ies, e .g. ino p e ra ble c omponents, item s

, or

e qui p m e nt, not a l rea d y c ov er e d in the r e l e v a nt se c tions of the op er a ti n g d o c uments. The P I C s h a ll n ot

op er a te the MA

- UAS if t he i n sp e c tion r e v ea ls a c ondit i on that affec ts the s af e op er a t ion o f the MA

- UAS

until the nece ss a r y m a in t e n a n c e h a s b ee n p e rf o r med a nd the MA

- UAS is found to be in a c ondition for s af e

f l i g ht. The g r ound c ont r ol s tati o n sh a ll be includ e d in the pr e fl i g ht i n s p ec tion. All m a int e n a n c e a nd

a l t er n a tions must be p r op er l y do c umen t e d in the MA

- UAS rec o r ds a s r e qui r e d b y Miami Aerial ’ s

Op e r a tions M a nu a ls.

19. Miami Aerial will c a r r y out its m a int e n a n ce , ins p ec tions, a nd r e c o rd k e e pi n g r e quir e ments in

ac co r d a n c e with the Op e r a tions Ma n u a ls. M a int e n a n ce , inspe c tion, a nd a lt era tions will be no t e d in the

MA

- UAS r e c o r ds, in c l u di n g tot a l ti m e in se r vic e

, d e s c ription of wo r k acc o m p lished, a nd the si g n a t ur e of

the a uthori z e d p e rson re turni n g the MA

- UAS to se r vic e

.

20. A n y MA

- UAS that h a s un d e r g one m a int e n a n c e or a lt e r a tions that a f f e c t t h e MA

- UAS

op er a tion or f

l i g ht c h a ra c t er i s tics ( e .g

., r e p l ace m e n t of a fl i g ht c ritic a l c om p on e nt) must und er g o a

fun c ti o n a l test fl i g ht in a cc o r d a n c e with Miami Aerial O p er a tions Manu a ls. The P I C w h o c ondu c ts the

fun c tion a l test fli g ht must make a n e nt r y i n th e MA

- UAS a i rc r a ft r e c o rds of the fli g ht. T h e r e qui r e me n t s a n d

p r o ce du r e s f

or a f u n c tion a l t e st fli g ht a nd MA

- UAS r e c o r d e nt r y s h a ll be includ e d in the Miami Aerial ’

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21. The MA

- UAS will be op era t e d a nd maintain e d a c c o r d i ng to the M a n u f a c t ur e r ' s M a nu a ls and a n y

r e qui r e d man u f

a c tu r e r S a fe t y

/ S e rvi c e B ull e tins.

22. P rior to the op er a tion, a Mi s sion P ac k e t will be c r ea ted in acc o r d a n c e with the r e qu i r e ments on

Miami Aerial ’ s Op e r a tions M a n u a ls.

23. Miami Aerial will obtain a n A i r T r a f fic O r g a ni z a tion ( " AT O " ) issu e d C er ti f i c a te of W a iver or

Author iz a tion, othe r wise known a s a C OA, prior t o c ondu c ti n g a n y op e r a t i ons und e r this G ra nt o f

E x e mption. A NOTAM will be issued a s r e quir e d b y the COA. All ope ra t i ons will be c ondu c ted in

ac co r d a n c e with a irsp ac e r e quir e ments in the A T O issu e d COA i n c luding c l a ss of a irs p ace

, a ltitude l e v e l

a nd potential tr a nspond e r re quir e ments.

24. All r e quir e d p e rmissions and p e rmits will be obtain e d fr om t er ritori a l, s t a t e

, c oun t y or c i t y

j u risdictions, including loc a l law e n f or c e m e nt, fi r e or ot h e r a ppr o p r i a te g ov e rnm e nt a l a g e n c ies

25. I f the MA

- UAS los e s c o mm u nic a tion with the p i lot, it will h a ve the ca p a bil i t y t o r e turn to a p r e

de t e rmin e d loc a tion wit h in the op er a tion a l a re a a n d land s afe l y

.

26. Con t in g e n c y plans will b e in pl ac e to sa f e l y t er m i n a te f

li g ht if t h e r e is a lo s s of c ommunic a tion

betw ee n the P I

C a nd the Obse r v e r

.

27. The MA

- UAS will h a ve the ca p a bili t y to sa fe l y a bort f l i g ht in the ca se o f u n pr e dict e d obs t ac les or

e me r g e n c i e s

.

28. P I

Cs a nd Obs e r v e r s will h a ve a t l ea st a c u r r e nt C l a ss I I I M e d i ca l C e rtifi ca t e

.

29. P rior to condu c ting o p e rat ions for f ilmin g , the P I

C will h a ve acc umul a ted a nd lo g g e d, in a m a nn e r

c on s ist e nt with 14 C F R § 61.5 1 ( b ) , a minimum of 200 f l i g ht c y c l e s a nd 25 ho u rs total t ime a s a MA

- UAS

rotor c r a f t pilot and a t l e a s t 10 ho u r s lo g g e d a s a MA

- UAS pilot with a sim i l a r MA

- UAS t y p e

.

30. P rior to condu c ting o p e rat ions for f ilmin g , the P I

C will h a ve acc umul a ted a nd lo g g e d, in a m a nn e r

c on s ist e nt with 14 C F R § 61.5 1 ( b ) , a minimum of 5 4 C F R § 61.51 ( b ) , a mi n imum of 10 logged hours a s

MA

- UAS pilot ope ra ti n g the m a ke a nd model of MA

- UAS to be utili z e d f or op er a t i ons und e r the

e x e mption and t h i r

t y ta k e

- o ff

s a nd th i r t y landi n g in the pr ece di n g 90 d a y s.U.S. D e p a rtm e nt of T r a n spor t a tion

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31. Op er a tions shall oc c u r d u r ing d a y time V F R M e t e o r olo g i c a l C onditions; f li g hts un d e r Sp ec i a l

V i su a l F l i g h t R ul e s ( " S V F R " ) sh a ll n o t be c ondu c ted.

32. The UA sh a ll r e main c l e a r a nd y ield the r i g ht of w a y to all oth e r m a nn e d ope r a tions a nd ac tivities

a t all tim e s (in c lu d in g

, b ut not limited to, u lt r a l i ght v e hicl e s, p arac hute ac tivities, p ar a s a ili n g ac tivi t i e s

, hang g li d e rs, e tc. )

.

33. MA

- UAS Op er a tions u n d e r I nstrument F l i g ht R ules, a t n i g ht, or b e y ond V L OS a r e p r ohibited.

34. The MA

- UAS will not be op era ted f rom a n e lev a t e d pl a tfo r m or moving d ev i c e / v e hicl e

.

35. B e f

o r e c ond u c ti n g o p e ra t ions, the ra dio f re q u e n c y sp e c trum used f o r o p e ra t i on a nd c ontrol of the

U A w i ll c omp l y with the Fe de ra l C ommunic a tio n s C o m m ission ( F CC) or other a pprop r i a te g o v e r nm e nt

ov e rsi g ht a g e n c y re quir e m e nts.

V. R E G ULAT I ONS F R OM WHICH E X EM P T I O N IS R E Q U E STE D

The Fe d era l Aviation Ac t e x p re ss l y g r a nts the F A A the a uthori t y to issue e x e m p tions. T h is s tatut o r y

a uthor i t y

, b y its te r ms, i n c ludes e x e mpting c ivil a i r cra ft, a s t he t er m is d ef i n e d und e r § 40101 of the A c t

, including MA

- UASs , f

r om i t s sa fe t y r e g u l a tions a nd mini m um s t a nd a rds w h e n the Ad m ini s t r a tor d ec ides a

r e qu e sted e x e mption is i n the pub l ic int e r e st

. 3

Miami Aerial s ee ks a n e x e m p tion f r om sev era l inte r re l a t e d p r ovi s ions of Title 14 of the Code of

Fe d e r a l Re g ulations ( " 14 C

. F

. R " ) P a r ts 21, 45, 61 a nd 91 f or pu r po s e s o f c ondu c ti n g the r e qu e sted o p e r a tio n s

u s ing a MA

- UA S

. L

ist e d b e l o w a r e : (1) the s p ec ific s ec ti o ns of 14 C

. F .R f or w hi c h e x e mption is sou g ht, and

( 2)

the op e r a ti n g p r o ce du re s a nd sa f e g u a r ds that P e tit i o n e r h a s e stabli s h e d whi c h will e n sure a l e v e l of s afe t y

b e t t e r th a n or e qu a l to the r u l e s f r om which e x e mption is so u g ht. 4

3 49 U.S .C . § 44701 (f

) ( a u thori z ing the g ra nt of e x e mptions f r om r e quir e m e n ts of r e g ulations p re s c rib e d

p u rsu a nt to S ec tions 44 7 01( a ) a nd ( b ) a nd S ec tio n s 44702

- 44716 )

.

4 14 C

. F .R § 11.81 (e ), which re quir e s a p e tition f or e x e mption to inclu d e:

The r e a sons w h y g r a nti n g the e x e mption would not a dv er s e l y af f ec t s a f e t y

, or how the e x e mption w ould

provide a lev e l o f s afe t y a t l e ast e qu a l to that p r ovided b y t h e ru l e f rom which y

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U NM A N NED A IR C R A F T S YS T EM

A. 14 C

. F

. R. P a r t 21, Sub p a r t H

– Ai r w o r th in e s s C ert i f ica te s a n d 14 C

. F

. R. § 91.203 ( a ) (1)

The F A A h a s st a ted th a t no e x e mption is n e e d e d fr om this s ec tion if a f inding is m a de und e r the

R ef orm A c t th a t the MA

- UAS s e l ec ted p r ov i d e s a n e quival e nt l e v e l of s afe t y wh e n c ompa re d to a i r cra ft

no r mal l y us e d f

o r the s a me a pp l i ca tion. Th e se cr i t e r i a ar e m e t, and th ere f o r e no e x e m p tion is n e e d e d

. 5 I f,

howe v e r, t h e F AA d e t er min e s that t h er e a r e some c h arac t e ristics of the c h o s e n MA

- UAS that fa il to m ee t the

re quir e m e nts of the R ef

o r m A c t, an e x e mption is re qu e sted.

E q u ival e n t L e v e l of Saf

e ty

Miami Aerial ’ s use of the MA

- UAS i s s af e w h e n taki n g into acc ount their s i z e , w e i g ht, s p ee d, a nd

op e r a tion a l c a p a bili t y

. A s set f o r th in the d e s c ript i on of propos e d op er a tio n s in S ec tion I V ( A ) , the

MA

- UAS w e i g hs l e ss t h a n 55 po u n ds, in c luding p a y load a n d will not be f

lown a t a g r ound s p ee d i n

e x c ess of 50 knots. MA

- UAS i s a lso e quipped with s a f e t y fea tur e s that will a l l ow P e t i tion e r to

op e r a te the MA

- UAS s a f e l y af t e r e x p er i e n c e cer t a in i n

- fli g ht conti n g e n c ies or f a ilu re s

. 6 7

5 S e e G ra nt of E x e mption No. 11062 to Astr a e us A er i a l ( F AA

- 201 4

- 0352 a t p g s. 1 3

- 14, 2 2 ).

6 S e e e .g

., G r a nt of E x e m

ption No. 11184 to L

ow Coun t r y RC, Corp. (F A A

- 2014

- 0803 a t p g . 3):

" The [ MA

- U A S ] h a s t h e ca p a bili t y to op era te s a fe l y af t e r e x p er i e n c i n g c e r tain i n

- fl i g ht c onti n g e n c ies o r

f ailu re s a nd us e s a n a ut o

- pilot s y s t e m t o mainta i n MA

- UAS stabil i t y a nd c ontrol. The MA

- UAS is a lso

a ble to re spond to a loss of g lobal pos i tioni n g s y st e m ( G PS ) or a lo s t

- link e v e nt with a p r e

- c oo r dinat e d,

p r edict a ble, a u t omat e d fli g ht man e u v er

, a nd m a n u a l fli g ht c ontrol fu n c t i on a l i t y a s a b ac kup. Th e s e s af e t y

f e a tu r e s p r ovide a n e q u ival e nt lev e l of s a f e t y c ompa re d to a mann e d a i rcr a ft p erf o r m i n g a simil a r

op e r a tion

. "

7 See e .g

., G r a nt of E x e m ption No. 11184 to VDOS Glob a l, L LC. ( F A A

- 2 0 14

- 0382 a t p g s. 4

- 5 ) :

" The MA

- UAS w it

h i t s u p g ra d e ca n be o p er a ted e nti r e l y b y a touc h

- s c ree n

, m a p

- b a sed i nte rface

. T his

me a ns the op era tor on l y n ee ds to c omm a nd the s y s tem w h e r e to g o, a nd t he s y stem d o e s a ll the f l y i n g f o r

the op er a t o r. The MA

- UAS c a n b e op era ted in b o th s e mi a nd ful l y a uton o mous fli g ht mod e s, with t he

op er a tor simp l y c li c ki n g on a map to cr e a t e a p re

- p lan n e d f l i g ht p a th f

or a fl i g ht. I

n a d d i tion, the op e r a tor ca n

c r ea te no f

l y z on e s or m a x imum fli g ht r a n g e s a nd a ltitud e s so the s y stem c a nnot e n t er area s d ee med uns afe

or un n ece ss a r y to f

l y o v e r . The p e tition e r stat e s f u r t h e r t h a t the MA

- UAS h a s built

- in int e lli g e nt f a ult

handling whi c h a llows t h e MA

- UAS to d e t ec t a s y stem f a ult while in t h e a i r a n d a ut o m a ti ca l l y f l y b ac k to

its tak e o f f lo c a tion a nd l a nd. F aults that ca n be d e t e c t e d includ e : lo s s of c omm u nic a t i on; e x cee ding p r e

- s e t

wind thr e sholds; and low b a tte r y l e v e ls.

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Addi t ion a l l y , the MA

- UASs c a r r y n e it h e r pilots nor p a sse n g e rs, c a r r y no e x plo s ive m a t er ials or

f l a m m a ble liquid f

u e ls, a nd ope r a te e x c lu s iv e l y w ithin the p ar a met e rs st a t e d in the Miami

Aerial ' s Ope r a tions Ma n u a ls.

Op er a tions c ond u c ted u n d e r this e x e m p tion will b e c lose l y c ontrol l e d a nd mon i tor e d b y the op e r a t o r

a nd will be c ondu c ted in c omp l ian c e with lo ca l p u blic s af e t y re quir e ments, to p r ovide s ec u r i t y f o r the a r e a of

op e r a tion. Miami Aerial w il l a lso provide the F A A with a dv a n c e noti c e of a l l op era tions via NOT A M s a s

r e quir e d b y the a ppli ca ble COA. I n a ll ca s e s, o p e r a tion of the MA

- UAS und e r the pr o pos e d c onditions will

be at l ea st as s af

e a s, or s af

e r th a n, c onv e ntion a l r otor cr a ft o p e r a ti n g with a n a ir w o r thi n e ss c e rtifi ca t e

.

L a st l y , the MA

- UASs d o not ne e d a m e a ns to c o m munic a te with other a i r c r a ft o r ATC, b eca use tho s e

ca p a bilities will be poss e ssed b y t h e P I C a nd Obs er v e r, who ar e not o nbo a rd the MA

- U A S

. 8 I n a dd i tion, no

s e ns e

- a nd

- a void t e chnol o g y is ne ce s sa r y for the MA

- UASs b eca use t h e y will be op er a t e d a t all times in V F R

c onditions and w i thin V L OS of the P I C a n d Op er a t o r

. 9

B

. 14 C

. F

. R. P a r t 27 A i r w o r th in e ss S tan d a r d s: No r m al Ca te g o r y Ro t o r c r a f t

Ti t le 14 C. F .R. P a rt 27 s e ts fo r th the pr o c e d u r a l r e quir e ments for a i r wo r th i n e ss ce rtific a tion of norm a l

ca t e g o r y roto r cra ft. To the e x tent that the Miami Aerial ' s sm a ll MA

- UASs would oth er wise r e q uire

ce rtif i ca tion und e r P ar t 27, P e ti t ion e r s ee ks a n e x e mption from P a rt 2 7 ' s a i r wo r thin e ss s t a nd a rds f or the s a me

rea sons id e n t ifi e d in the re qu e st fo r e x e mption f r om 14 C

. F .R. P a rt 21, S u b p a rt H

, supr a

.

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7 See e .g

., G r a nt of E x e m ption No. 11184 to VDOS Glob a l, L LC. ( F A A

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- 0382 a t p g s. 4

- 5 ) :

All fli g ht op e r a tions a r e g lo b a l posi t ioning s y s t e m ( G PS ) c ontrol l e d, m a king the s y

s t e m ea s y to

n a v i g a te. At a n y point if t h e o pe r a t o r is not e x pli c it l y c o m m a ndi n g the s y stem to move, the s y st e m

a ut o m a ti ca l l y holds its G P S pos i t ion. The fli g ht c ontrol s y s t e m e mpl o y s n ot on l y GPS posi t ioning but

a va r i e t y of s e nsors i n c luding sona r

, b a rom e t r i c p re ssu r e

, temp er a tu r e

, wind sp ee d a nd othe r s to e nsu r e

stab i li t y s o lo n g a s wind thr e sholds a r e not e x cee d e d. Also a fl i g ht t e rmin a tion link

– to p re v e nt a ' f l y

a w a y ' or other po t e nti a l l y d a n g erous situ a tion

– is av a il a ble to the op e r a tor

. "

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C. 14 C

. F

. R. §§ 91.9 ( c ), 4 5. 23(b) and 45.27 ( a ) : Ai r c r a f t M a r k i n g a n d I d e n t i f

ica t ion R e qu i re m e n ts

Miami Aerial s ee ks a n e x e m p tion f r om the a i rc r a ft m ar ki n g a nd identif i ca ti o n r e q uir e ments c ontain e d

in

14 C. F .R. § § 91.9 (c) , 4 5 .23 ( b) a nd 4 5.27 (a).

● 14 C. F .R. § 91.9 (c ), C i v il Air cr a f t F l i g ht M a n u a l, M ar king a nd P l a c a rd r e q uir e ments, p r ovides th a t:

No p e rson m a y op e ra te a U.S

. - r e g ist e r e d c ivil ai r c r a ft unless that a i r c r a ft is i d e nt i fi e d in

acc o r d a n c e with Pa rt 45 of this c h a pte r

.

● 14 C. F .R. § 45.23 ( b )

, Ma rkin g s of t h e Aircr a ft, st a tes:

W h e n m ar ks include only the Roman ca p i t a l lett e r " N " a nd the r e g is t r a tion number is

disp l a y e d on l i mited, re s t ri c t e d or li g h t

- sport ca t e g o r y a i r c raft or e x perim e n tal or

p r ovi s ion a l l y c er t i fi ca ted a i r c r a f t

, the op er a tor must a lso d i spl a y o n that a i rc r a ft n ea r eac h

e ntr a n c e to the ca bin, c o c kpit, or pilot s t a t i on, i n lette r s not less t h a n 2 i n c h e s nor mo r e

than 6 inch e s h i g h, the w o r ds " limited

, " " r e str i c t e d," " l i g h t

- sp o rt, " e x p er i ment a l," or

" p rovisional

, " a s a ppli ca ble.

● 14 C. F .R. § 45.27 (a ), R o t o rc r a ft, stat e s:

E ac h o p er a tor of a rot o rc r a f t must dis p l a y on that r otor c r a ft hori z onta l l y on both sur face s o f

the ca bin, fusel a g e

, bo o m, o r t a i l the m a rks re q uir e d b y § 45.23.

I n a p r e vious Gr a nt of E x e mption, the F AA d e t e r min e d that e x e mp t ion f r om these r e quir e ments w a s

w a r ra n ted pr ovided th a t t he a i r c r a f t " h a v e i d e nti f

i ca tion ( N

- Numb er ) m a rki n g s in a cc or d a n c e with 14 C

. F .R

P a rt 45, Sub p a rt C if the m ar ki n g s a re a s l a r ge a s pr ac ti ca ble

. " 10

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e ty

All UA f lown b y Miami Aerial will b ea r N

- numb e r m ar kin g s t h a t a r e a s la r g e a s p r a c ti ca b l e

in acc o r d a n c e with 14 C

. F

. R. P a rt 45, Sub p a rt C

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D. 14 C. F

. R. § 91.405 ( a )

, 9 1.407 ( a )( 1 ) , 91.40 9 ( a ) (1) a n d ( 2 ) ; 91

. 417(a) a n d ( b ) : M ai n t e n a nc e

I n s p ec tions

Miami Aerial s ee ks a n e x e m p tion f r om the mainten a n c e inspe c tion r e quir e ments contain e d in

14 C

. F .R. § 91.405 (a ), 91.407 ( a )( 1 ), 9 1 .409( a )( 2 ) ; 91.417( a ) a nd ( b ) . Th e s e r e g ulations s pe c i f y m a in t e n a n c e

a nd ins p ec t i on s t a nd a rds in ref e re n c e to 14 C

. F .R. P a rt 43. S ee

, e .g., 14 C. F .R. § 91.40 5 (a ) ( stat i n g t h a t e ac h

own e r or o p era tor of a n a i rcra ft " sh a ll h a ve t h e a i r c r a ft ins pe c ted a s p re s c r i b e d in sub p art E o f this p ar t and

sh a ll b e t w ee n r e qu i r e d i n sp ec tions h a ve disc re p a n c i e s r e p a i r e d a s p r e s c rib e d in p a rt 43 of this c h a pt e r " )

. An

e x e mption f

r om th e se re g ulations i s n ee d e d b eca use P a rt 43 a nd these s e c ti o ns on l y a p p l y to a i rc r a ft with an

a i r wo r thin e ss c e rtifi ca te, whi c h the MA

- UAS to b e op e r a ted un d e r this g r a nt of e x e m p t ion will not h a v e

.

E q u ival e n t L e v e l of Saf

e ty

An e quival e nt l e v e l of s a f e t y will be ac hie v e d b ec a use m a int e n a n c e a nd in s p ec t ions will be p erf o r m e d

in ac c o r d a n c e with the M a nu fa ctu r e r ' s M a nu a l a nd a n y re q u i re d manu fac t u r e r S a f e t y o r S er vi c e B ul l e t i ns.

F u r the r

, a s re qui r e d b y Miami Aerial ’ s O p er a tions M a nu a l s, the P I C will c ondu c t a p re

- f

l i g ht insp e c ti o n of

the MA

- UAS a nd a ll a ssoci a ted e qui p m e nt to acc ount f o r a ll disc re p a n c ies a nd/or ino p er a ble c ompone n ts.

M a i nten a n c e will be p er fo r m e d a nd v er i f i e d to a dd r e ss a n y c onditions po t e nti a l l y a f f e cti n g s a f e o p e r a tion of

the MA

- UAS a nd no fl i g hts will o cc ur u n less, a nd until, a ll f li g h t c r iti ca l c o mpo n e nts of t he MA

- UAS h a ve

b ee n found to be a ir w o r t h y a nd in a c ondition sa f e f o r o p er a tion. A f

u n c ti o n a l t e st fli g ht w i ll be c o n du c t e d

f ollowi n g the r e pl a ce me n t of a n y fl i g h t

- c ritic a l compon e nts. As r e quir e d b y Miami Aerial ’ s O p er a tio n s

M a nu a l s, the P I

C who c o nd u c ts the f

u n c tion a l t e st fli g ht w i ll m a k e a n e nt r y in the MA

- UAS a i rcra ft rec o r ds

of the fl i g ht.

Miami Aerial ’ s O p e r a tions Ma nu a l also in c ludes re qu i re ments to follow the m a n u f a c tu r er’ s MA

- UAS

a i r c ra ft/ c ompon e nt, mai n ten a n c e, o v er h a ul, re pla c e m e nt, inspe c tion, a nd li f e limit r e quir e ments f

o r the

f ol l owing a ppl i ca ble c o m p o n e nts: pow er t ra in s y st e m ( pow e rpl a nt), p r op e ll e rs, a vioni c s a nd c ontrol s ur face s

(includi n g a i l e rons/ e lev o ns ) , st r u c tur e s & a i r f ra m e

, ca m e r a s y s t e m, el ec t r i ca l s y stems (i n c ludi n g b a tt er i e s),

g round c on t rol station, h a z a rd a c ce ssori e s, a nd s p ar e p a rts. F u r the r

, Miami Aerial ’ s O p e r a tions M a nu a l s a lso

i n c ludes p r o ce du r e s to do c ument a nd maintain a r ec o r d o f the MA

- UAS main t e n a n ce , p r e v e ntative

m a i nten a n ce

, a lt er a tions, s t a tus of re pla ce ment /o v er h a ul compon e nt p a rts, a nd the total t ime in s er v i c e of the

MA

- UASs us e d und e r t

his G r ant of E x e mption. As a whol e , the m a int e n a n c e a nd ins p ec ti o n p r o ce du re s

r e qu i r e d in Miami Aerial ’ s Op e r a t ions M a nu a l s e nsure t h a t an e quival e nt or h i g h e r l e v e l of s af e t y will be

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PI L O T

- I N

- CO M M A N D O F T HE MA

- UAS

E

. 14 C. F

. R. § 61.113: P r i v ate P ilot P r ivileg e s a n d L i m

ita t io n s

Miami Aerial s ee ks e x e m p tion f r om 14 C F R § 61.113, w h ich re stricts priv a t e pilot c e rtifi ca te hold er s

fr om f l y i n g a i r c ra ft f

or c om p e ns a t i on or h i re

, a nd would a lso r e quire a s ec o nd c lass med i ca l c e rtifi c a te. T h e

purpose of P a rt 61 is to e nsure that the skill and c ompet e n c y of a n y P I C m a t c h e s the a ir s p ac e in whi c h the

P I C will be o p er a ti n g

, a s w e ll as r e quir i ng ce rtif i c a tions if the p r ivate pilot is c a r r y i n g p a ss e n g e rs o r c a r g o for

hi re

. I n this c a s e

, while t he MA

- UASs will be o p er a ted a s pa r t of a c o mm erc ial op e r a tion, it carr i e s n e i t h e r

p a s s e n g e rs n o r ca r g o.

I n t h e G r a nt of E x e mpti o n to Astr ae us A er i a l 12 , t h e F A A d e t er m ined th a t the unique c h a rac t er istics o f

MA

- UAS op er a tion out s ide of c on t roll e d a irsp ac e did not w arra nt the a ddi t ion cost a nd r e strictions a tt e nd a nt

with r e quiri n g a the P I

C t o ha v e a C o m m erc ial P i l ot C e rtifi ca te a nd C l a ss I I M e di c a l C e rtifi ca te. The

ful f i llm e nt of the a dditi o n a l re q u i re ments for a p riv a te pi l ot to b ec ome qu a li f i e d a s a c o m m e rc ial pi l ot would

not l ea d to a n y a dditional s af e t y b e n e fits wh e n MA

- UAS op er a tions a r e i n volv e d.

E q u ival e n t L e v e l of Sa

f e ty

The re strictions the Miami Aerial h a s p l ace d on its MA

- UAS o p er a tions m ee t or e x cee d t he

re s tri c t i ons sim i l ar l y impos e d on As t r ae us A er i a l. Miami Aerial w i ll op e r a te on p r iva t e p r op er t y a w a y fr om

p e rso n s a nd p r o p er t y not involv e d in t he ope r a tio n

. Miami Aerial will a lso obta i n a n ATO i ssued COA prior

to condu c ti n g a n y o p er a tions un d e r this G ra nt of E x e mption. A l l op er a tions will be c on d u c ted in ac co r d a n c e

with a i r sp a c e r e qu i r e m e n ts in the ATO is s u e d COA i n c luding c l a ss of a irsp ace

, a ltitude l e v e l a n d potenti a l

t r a ns p ond e r re quir e ments. A N O T A M will also be issu e d a s r e quir e d b y the a ppli ca b l e C OA.

I n a ddition to these f

l i g ht re strictions, the Miami Aerial will f u r ther e ns u r e s a f

e o p e r a tion b y r e quiri n g

that a n y P I

C be thoro u g h l y v er s e d not o n l y in ai r s p ac e a nd c o m muni ca tion i s su e s p er taining to a ll a i rcra ft

o p e r a tors but also in the u nique a sp e c ts of MA

- UAS f li g ht. As set f

o rth in the Op er a t i ons Man u a ls, p i lots

will h a ve e x p er i e n c e not on l y in MA

- UAS op era t ions g e n e r a l l y but h a ve l o g g e d fl i g ht ti m e in the sp e c ific

m a k e a nd model us e d for the op er a t ions b ef o r e th e y a re p e rmi t t e d to pa r ti c ipate i n c o m m er c ial fl i g h t s on

b e half of Miami Aerial

. T h e p ilot qualif i ca tion, tr a i n in g

, a nd c u r re n c y r e quir e ments in the Op era tions

Manu a ls e ns u r e t h a t Miami Aerial ’ s pi l ots a r e c ompet e nt and p r o f i c ient in the MA

- UAS th e y a r e o p e ra ti n g

.

Miami Aerial ’s t ra ini n g a nd qu a li f i ca tion r e quir e ments a re c onsis t e nt wi t h those c ontain e d in prior F AA

S ec tion 333 G ra nts of E x e mption, a nd will p r o vide a h i g h e r lev e l of c ompet e n c y a nd pr of ici e n c y for its pil o ts

a nd w i ll e nsure a t l ea st an e quival e nt l e v e l of s af e t y

.

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O P E RA T I NG P AR A M ET E RS OF T HE MA

- UAS

F

. 14 C. F

. R. § 91.7 ( a ) : C i vil Ai rcr a f t Ai r w o r th i ne ss

A lth o u g h th e r e will be no a ir w o r thin e ss c e rtifi ca te is s u e d f or the MA

- UASs

, Miami Aerial s ee ks

a n e x e mption f

r om 14 C

. F

. R. § 91. 7 (a) , whi c h r e q uir e s that a c ivil ai r c r a f t be in ai r wo r t h y c ondition to be

op er a ted. The F A A h a s s t a ted t h a t no e x e mption i s r e quir e d for 14 C. F .R. § 91.7 (a ) to the e x tent t h a t t he

r equir e m e nts of P ar t 21 ar e w a ived or f ound inap p l i c a ble

. 1 3 A cc o r di n g l y

, P e tition e r r e qu e sts that the

r equi r e m e nts for § 91.7 (a ) be t r ea t e d in a cc o r d a n c e with S ec tion V ( A )

, supra.

G

. 14 C. F

. R. § 91.9 ( b )( 2 ) : Civil Ai rcr a f t F l ig h t M a nu al in t h e Ai rcr a f t a n d 14

C. F

. R. § 91.203 ( a) a n d ( b ) : Ca rr yi n g Civil Ai r c r a f t C ert i f i c a tion an d R e gist r a t ion

Ti t le 14 C. F .R. § 91.9 ( b ) (2) a nd § 91.203 (a ) a nd ( b) re quire t h e op era tor to carr y a ir w o r thin e ss

do c u m e nts a nd other a i r c r a ft m a nu a l s onbo a rd the a i r c r a ft. Pursu a nt to 14 C. F .R. § 91. 9 ( b )( 2 ) :

(b) No p e rson m a y o pe r a te a U.S

. - r e g ist e r e d c ivil air craf t

–

(2) F o r which a n Airpl a ne or Rotor cra ft F l i g ht M a nu a l is r e quir e d b y § 21

. 5 of this c h a pte r , unless

th er e is av a il a ble in the a i rc r a f t a c u rre nt app r o v e d A i r p l a ne or Rotor cr a f t F li g ht M a n u a l, app r ov e d

ma n u a l m a t er ial, ma r k i n g s, a nd pl a ca rds, or a n y c ombin a tion the r e o f

.

P u r su a nt t o 14 C

. F .R. § 91.203 (a ) a nd ( b ) :

( a ) E x ce pt a s p r ovided in § 91.715, no p e rson m a y op er a te a c ivil a i r c raf t u n less it h a s with i n it the

f ollowin g :

(1) An a p p ro pr iate a nd c u rr e nt ai r w o rthin e ss c e rtifi ca te...

(b) No p e rson m a y o p e r a te a c ivil a i rcraf t unl e ss the a ir w o r thin e ss cer t ifi c a te r e quir e d b y p a ra g ra ph

( a ) of this s ec tion or a s p ec ial fli g ht a uth o r i z a tion i ssued und e r § 91.715 is dis p l a y e d a t t h e ca bin or

c o c kpit e ntr a n c e so that i t is l e g ible to p a ss e n g er s o r c r e w.

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Giv e n the sm a ll si z e a nd c onfi g ur a tion of the MA

- UASs , it would be imp o s s ible to ke e p

a ir w o r thin e ss docum e nts a nd other a i r c r a ft m a nu a l s on b o a rd the MA

- UAS b e c a use t h er e is simp l y no

room a nd the MA

- UAS h a s n o ca bin or c o c kpit.

E q u ival e n t L e v e l of S af

e ty

I n a n F AA O ff

i c e of C h i e f Couns e l ' s Opinion d a t e d A u g ust 8, 2014, a nd p r e pa re d b y D ea n E.

G r i f fith, Atto r n e y

, AG C

- 220, it w a s a c k n owl e d g e d that the intent of 14 C

. F .R. 91.9 ( b) a nd 91.203 (a ) a nd

( b) is met if the pilot of t

he unmann e d a i rc r a ft h a s ac c e ss to the MA

- UAS f l i g ht m a n u a l, r e g ist r a tion

c ertifi ca te, a nd ot h e r re q uir e d do c uments f r om the g r ound c ontrol st a tion f r om which he o r she is o p er a ti n g

the a i r c r a ft

. 1 4 As this F AA O ff i c e of Chief Cou n s e l Opi n ion c l ar ifi e s, the int e nt of the r ule is to e n s ure the

pi l ot h a s a c ce ss to the s e k e y d o c uments duri n g fl i g ht. T he ref o re

, a n e q u ival e nt l e v e l of s afe t y will be

a chie v e d b y e nsuri n g th a t t he pi l ot h a s acce ss to the do c uments a t the g r o u nd c ontrol s t a t ion f r om which he

or s h e is p iloti n g the MA

- U A S

.

H. 14 C. F

. R. § 91.103: P r e f li g h t A c tion

Miami Aerial s ee ks a n e x e mption f r om 14 C

. F .R. § 91.103, wh i c h r e qui r e s a P I C to be c ome f

a mili a r

w i th sp ec ific in f

o r mation be f

o r e e ac h fl i g ht, in c l u ding info r m a t i on c ontain e d in the F AA

- a ppr o v e d F l i g ht

M a nu a l on boa r d the a i r c r a ft. W hile the P I C will be fa m i li a r with a ll info r mation ne c es s a r y to s a f e l y

c ond u c t the f

li g ht, a n e x e mption is r e qu e sted to the e x tent that a n F AA

- a p p r o v e d F l i g ht Manu a l is r e quir e d.

E q u ival e n t L e v e l of Saf

e ty

An e quival e nt l e v e l of s a f e t y w i ll be pr o vided b y f

ollowing the Miami Aerial ’ s O p er a tions Manu a ls

a nd the M a nu f

ac tur e r ' s M a n u a l . The P I C will p e rf

o r m a s er i e s of c h ec klists d e s i g n e d to i d e nt i f y a n y

d e fec ts or i n op er a

b l e c omponents in acc o r d a n c e with the Miami Aerial ’ s O p era tions Manu a ls, i n c lud i ng

c h ec klists c ov e ri n g P r e

- F l i g h t

, L a u n c h, L a ndi n g

, a nd P o s t

- F li g ht pr o ce du r e s. The P I C will a lso be r e q uir e d

to r e view w ea t h er

, fl i g ht r e qu i r e ments, b a tt e r y c h a r g e , landi n g a nd tak e o f f dis t a n ce , UA p e r f

o r m a n c e d a ta,

a nd c ontin g e n c y landi n g area s

— b ef o r e i n itiation of f

l i g ht. Miami Aerial ’ s O p e r a t i ons M a n u a ls a nd the

M a nu f a c tu r e r ' s M a n u a l will be k e pt at the g rou n d c ontrol s t a tion a nd will be acce ssible to the P I C a t a ll

times while op er a ti n g the MA

- U AS.

I. 14 C. F

. R. § 91.109 ( a ) : F lig h t Inst r u c tion

1 4 M e mo ra ndum f

r om M a r k B u r y

, F AA Assis t a nt C hief Coun s e l for I nt e r n a t i on a l L

aw, L e g isl a tion a nd

R e g u l a ti o n, to J ohn Dun ca n, F A A F l i g ht S tan d a r ds S e r v i c e ( A u g . 8, 201 4 ) ; s e e also Do c k e t No. F AA

2 0 14

- 0352 a t 16

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Miami Aerial s ee ks a n e x e mption f r om 14 C

. F .R. § 91.10 9 (a ), which p rovid e s in p e rtin e nt pa r t t h a t

" [ n ] o p e rson m a y o p e r a te a c i v il ai rcra ft (e x ce pt a m a nn e d f re e b a lloon) th a t i s b e ing us e d for f l i g ht

instru c tion unl e ss th a t ai r c raft h a s ful l y f un c tioni n g du a l cont r ol s

. " MA

- UASs a nd r e mot e l y piloted a ir c r a ft,

b y t h e ir d e si g n, do not ha v e f un c t ional du a l controls. I ns te a d, fl i g h t con t rol is acc omplished thro u g h t h e

use of a d e vice t h a t c o mmunic a tes with the a ir c r a ft via ra dio c o mmunications. A cc o r di n g l y

, a n e x e mption

will be r e qui r e d for the f

l i g h t instru c t i on r e quir e ments of 14 C

. F .R. § 91.10 9 (a).

E q u ival e n t L e v e l of Saf

e ty

Giv e n the si z e a nd sp e ed of the MA

- UASs that Miami Aerial int e nds to us e

, a n e quiv a lent lev e l

of sa f e t ra ini n g ca n st i ll be p erf o r med without du a l c ontrols be ca u s e no pilot or p a ss e n g e rs a r e a bo a rd

the MA

- UA S

, a nd a s r e quir e d b y the Miami Aerial ’ s O p er a tions Manu a ls, a ll p e rsons will be a s a f e

di s t a n c e a w a y in the e v e nt th a t t h e MA

- UAS e x p er i e n ce s a n y diff i c ulties du r i n g f

l i g ht instruction.

Mor e ov e r

, a s r equi r e d b y t h e Miami Aerial ’ s O p er a tions M a nu a ls, a ll f li g ht t ra ini n g will be c ond u c ted

in c on t r oll e d a nd sterile e nvironm e nt. As a who l e

, the s af e t y p r o c e du re s p r ovided f or in the Miami

Aerial ’ s O p e r a tions M a nu a ls e nsure that the p r opo s e d MA

- UAS op e r a tions p r ovide a n e quiva l e nt or

hi g h e r l e v e l of s a f

e t y th a n that p r ovided b y t h e f l i g h t instr u c tion r e g ulatio n s.

J. 14 C. F

. R. § 91.119 ( c ): M i n i m u m S a f e Alti t ud e s

The Miami Aerial re qu e sts a n e x e mption f r om the m inim u m sa f

e a ltitude re qu i r e m e nts of 14 C. F .R.

§

91.119( c )

. 1 5 S ec tion 91

. 119 p re s c rib e s t h e minimum sa f e a ltitud e s und e r whi c h a i rc r a ft m a y not ope ra te,

in c ludi n g 5 0 0 f

e e t a bo v e the su rfa c e a nd a w a y f r o m a n y p e rson, v e ssel, v e hicl e , or st r u c ture in non

c o n g e st e d a r e a s. S e e 14 C

. F .R. § 91.119 (c ). S ec t ion 91.1 1 9 ( d) a llows f or a h e li c opter to op era te a t l e ss

th a n those minimum a l titudes wh e n it ca n be o p er a ted " without h a z a rd to p e rsons or prop er t y on t h e

sur face

, " p r ovided th a t " e ac h p e rson o p er a ti n g the h e li c op te r c omplies with a n y r outes or a ltitud e s

spe c ifi ca l l y p re s c rib e d for h e l i c op t er s b y the F AA

. "

An e x e mption is r e quir e d b eca use t h e pr o pos e d MA

- UAS op era tions will nor m a l l y n ee d to o cc ur

below 4 00 f

e e t A G L

. I

n c i rc um s t a n ce s wh er e the MA

- UAS is used to ins p ec t a structu r e whose h e i g ht

e x cee ds 400 fee t A G L

, t he MA

- UAS will not be op er a t e d more t h a n 100 f ee t abo v e the h i g h e st po i nt on

the stru c tur e

, a n d within 100 f e et hori z ontal l y o f t he str u c tur e

. A d ditional l y

, d u e the n a tu r e of the p ropos e d

o p er a tions, the P ilot and/or Obs e rv e r s ( s) m a y n e e d t o be less than 500 fee t a w a y f rom the UA S

.

15 R e li e f f rom § 91.119 (a ) will not be n ece ss a r y b e ca use P e t i t i on e r will be a b le to p er fo r m an e m e r g e n c y

landi n g without undue h az a rd to p er s o ns or p r op er t y on t h e g r o und in t h e e v e nt of a f a ilu re

. P e titio n e r ' s

pro p os e d UAS op er a tio n s wi l l not o cc ur ov e r c o n g e st e d a r e a s, a nd th e ref or e a n e x e m p tion f

r om §

91.119 ( b) will not be n e c e ss a r y

. S e e e .g

., G ra nt of E x e mption No. 11157 to S lug w e ar

, I n c ., d b a L i k e on a

t r ee A er i a l ( F A A

- 2 014

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f e ty

Compa re d to fl i g ht o pe ra t ions with roto rcr a ft w e i ghing f a r mo r e than t h e m a x imum w e i g hts

propo s e d h ere in, a nd g i v e n the l ac k o f f l a mm a ble f

u e l w i th the MA

- UASs

, a n y r isk a ssoci a ted with these

o p e r a tions is f

a r l e ss th a n t h ose t h a t pr e s e nt l y e x ist with conv e ntion a l a i rcr a ft. An e quiva l e nt l e v e l o f

sa fe t y will be ac h iev e d g i v e n the si z e , w e i g ht, and s p ee d of the MA

- UASs

, a s w e ll the c ontr o ll e d loc a tion

wh er e t h e o p e r a tions will oc c u r

. I n o r d e r to a void a n y risk to m a nn e d a i r c r a ft, f l i g ht op e r a t i ons will be

r estri c ted to 400 f

e e t A G L o r b e lo w

, o r wh e n insp ec ting a str u c ture w h o s e h e i g ht e x ce eds 400 f ee t A G L

,

wit h in 100 fee t a bove the h i g h e st po i nt on that stru c ture a n d 100 f e e t hori z ontal l y of t he stru c tur e

.

As s e t fo r th in the O p e r a t ions M a nu a ls, t he MA

- UASs wi l l be op er a ted in a r e s t r ict e d area

, a nd a ll

f l i g hts will be o p er a t e d a t a l at era l dista n c e of a t l e a st 500 fee t f r om a n y no np a rti c ipati n g p e rsons, un l e ss

th a t pe r s o n is in a posi t ion wh er e he or s h e is shield e d fr om t he MA

- UAS a nd a n y pos s ible d e b r is r e su l ting

fr om MA

- UAS fa ilu re

. As r equir e d b y t h e O p e r a tions M a nu a ls, f li g hts will be t er m i n a ted if a

nonp ar ti c ipating p e rson with i n 500 f e e t of the MA

- UAS l ea v e s a sh i e lded posit i on. F u r the r

, MA

- UAS

op era tions will o cc ur a t l ea st 500 fee t aw a y f rom v e hicl e s o r stru c tur e s un l e ss the p r o p er t y ow n er / c ontrol l e r

h a s g r a n t e d p e rmission and the P I C h a s made a s a f

e t y a ssess m e nt of the r i s k of o p er ati n g c loser to t hose

obje c ts and, o p er a tions n ea r the P I C o r Obs e r v e r will not p re s e nt an und u e h a z ar d per § 9 1.119 (a ).

Adh e r e n c e to these re strictions in the e lev a tion of the d e p ar ture a irpo r t or b a rom e t r i c p r e ss u r e

. An

e x e mption is r e quir e d to the e x tent that the MA

- UASs do not have a b a rom e t r ic a lti m e t er , but r a t h e r a

GPS a ltitude r e a d out. Miami Aerial ’ s O p e r a tions M a nu a ls wi l l e nsure op era t i ons ca n be c ond u c ted

without c ompromising s a f e t y

. 16

K

. 14 C. F

. R. § 91.121: A l t i m e ter S ett i n gs

Miami Aerial s ee ks a n e x e m p tion f r om 14 C

. F .R. § 91.121, wh i c h r e qui r e s a p e r s on o p e r a ti n g a n

a i r c r a ft to m a int a in c r ui s ing a ltitude or f l i g ht l e v e l b y ref

e r e n c e to an a ltim e ter that is s e t t o the e lev a tion of

the d ep ar ture a irpo r t or b a r om e t r i c p r e ssure An e x e m ption is r e quir e d to the e x tent that the MA

- UASs do

not

h a ve a b a rom e t r ic a ltim e t er , but r a th e r a GPS a ltit u de r e a d out.

16 S e e e .g.

, G r a nt of E x e m ption No. 11138 to Dougl a s T r ud ea u ( F A A

- 2014

- 0481 a t 1 9 ) :

" I f b arr i e r s or stru c tur e s ar e p re s e nt that ca n suf f i c ient l y p r ot e c t nonp a rti c i p a ting p e rsons fr om the UA or

d eb r is in the e v e nt of a n acc ident, then the UA m a y op er a te c loser than 500 f e e t to p e rsons aff

o r d e d s u c h

pr o t ec tion. The o p er a t o r m u st a lso e nsure t h a t nonp a rti c i p a ting p e rsons re m a in un d e r s u c h p rot ec tion. I f a

s i tuation a ris e s w h er e nonp a rti c i p a ti n g p e rsons l e a v e su c h p rot e c tion a nd a r e within 5 00 f e e t of the U A,

fl i g ht o p er a t i ons must cea s e i m medi a t e l y

. W h e n c onsid er i n g how to i mm e d i a t e l y ce a s e op e r a tions, the

p rima r y c on c e r n is the s af e t y o f those nonp a rti c ip a ting p e rson s

. I n a dditio n

, the F AA finds that op e r a tions

m a y b e c ondu c ted c lo s e r than 500 f e e t to v e ssels, v e hicl e s a nd stru c tur e s w h e n the o w n er / c ontrol l e r o f a n y

s u c h v e ssels, v e hicl e s or stru c tur e s g ra nts p e rmi ssi on f o r th e op e r a tion a nd t h e P I C mak e s a s af

e t y

a ssessment of the risk of op e r a ti n g c loser to t hose ob j ec ts and d e t e rmin e s t h a t i t does not pr e s e nt an u ndue

ha z ar d.”U.S. D e p a rtm e nt of T r a n spor t a tion

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f e ty

The F A A ha s st a ted th a t a n e quiva l e nt l e v e l o f s a f e t y to the re quir e m e nts of 14 C. F .R. § 91.121 ca n be

a chie v e d in ci rc um s t a n ce s wh ere : ( 1) the MA

- UASs will be op era ted b e low 400 f e et A G L or b e l ow 17

, ( 2)

wit h in V L

OS, (3) w h e r e GPS b a s e d a ltitude info r mati o n is r e l a y

e d in r ea l t ime to the op er a tor a t a g rou n d

bas e d o n

- s cree n dis p l a y a nd, (4) w h er e p r i o r to eac h fl i g ht, a z e ro a ltitude initi a tion p o int is establish e d for

the P I C to co n f i r m a cc ur a c y of the onbo a rd G PS

. 18

The MA

- UASs that Miami Aerial i ntends to use f or the p r o p os e d op er a tions will m ee t all th e se

op er a tion a l c h arac t er isti c s. Mor e ov er

, a s r e qui r e d b y Miami Aerial ’ s O p e r a ti o ns M a nuals, the P I C will be

r equi r e d to ca lib ra t e the a i rc r a f t ' s GPS c ompa s s prior to e ac h fli g ht op e ra ti o n. L ike p rior F A A S ec t i on 333

G r ants of E x e mption, the MA

- UASs Miami Aerial int e nds to u s e

, a nd the s afe t y mit i g ation p r o ce du re s

c ontain e d in t he Op era ti o ns Manu a l s, both ensu r e that a n e quival e nt l e v e l o f s a f e t y will b e ac hiev e d, a nd a

G r a nt of E x e mption to t h e re quir e ments of § 191

. 1 2 1 is th er e f o r e a ppr o p r i a te.

L

. 14 C. F

. R. § 91.151 ( a ) : F u e l R e qu i r e m e n ts f or F lig h t in V F R C o n d itio n s

Miami Aerial re qu e sts a n e x e mption f r om 14 C

. F .R. § 91.15 1 (a ) ' s f u e l r e qui r e ments f

o r f l i g ht i n V F R

c ond i tions. S ec tion 91.151 s t a tes:

( a ) No p e rson m a y b e g i n a f l i g ht in a n a irpl a ne und e r V F R c onditions unless ( c onsid er i n g wind a nd

f o reca st w ea t h e r c ond i ti o ns) the r e is e no u g h f u e l to f l y to the fi r st p o int of in t e nd e d la n ding a nd,

a ssu m ing no r m a l c r ui s i n g s p ee d

–

(1) Du r i n g t h e d a y , to f

l y af t e r th a t f o r a t l ea st 30 m i n utes;

or

(2) At ni g ht, to f

l y af t e r t h a t for a t l ea st 45 m inut e s.

H er e , the t ec hnol o g i ca l l i mitations on MA

- UAS b a tt e r y po w e r m ea ns t h a t no m ea ni n g ful fl i g ht

ope ra tions ca n be c ondu c ted while still maintaining a 3 0

- minute b a tte r y r e s er v e . An e x e mption f r om the

f u e l r e quir e ments of 14 C

. F .R. § 91.15 1 (a ) is the ref o r e r e quir e d.

1 7 I f t h e h e i g ht o f the str u c t u r e b e i n g inspe c ted e x cee ds 400 f ee t AG L

, the MA

- UAS will not be op e r a ted

more than 100 fee t a bo v e the h i g h e st p o int on the stru c tur e

.

1 8 S e e G ra nt of E x e mpti o n No. 11062 to Astr a e us A er i a l ( F AA

- 201 4

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I

n the G ra nt o f E x e mp t ion t o V D OS (E x e mp t i on No. 11112 ) , the FAA d e te r m i n e d that a n

e quival e nt l e v e l of s a f

e t y to t he fu e l r e qui r e ments for fli g ht i n V F R c ondi t ions could be ac hie v e d b y

prohibiting the P I C f

r om b e g inn i n g a MA

- UAS fli g ht un l e ss ( c onsid e ri n g wind a nd f o re ca st w ea th e r

c ondi t ions) the r e w a s e n ou g h po w e r to f l y to t he f irst i ntend e d point of l a nding a nd, a ssu m ing nor m a l

c ruising s p ee d, to f

l y a f t e r th a t for a t le a st 10 m i nutes.

I n r e a c hi n g th i s c on c lus i on, the F AA c onsid e r e d t h a t t he MA

- UAS b a t t e r i e s for the MA

- UAS

provid e d pr o vide a p p ro x i mat e l y 2 0 m i nutes of p o w e r e d fli g ht ( with p a y l o a d) a nd p r ovided b a t t e r y l e v e l

a nd b a t t e r y t i me r e maining in m inu t e s a nd s e c on d s to t he P I C

. 1 9 The F AA a lso conside re d the fa c t t h a t t he

MA

- UAS op e r a t i n g ma n u a l s t a tes: “ sta r t e v e r y fl i g ht wi t h a ful l y c h a r g e d b a t t e r y in t he a e ri a l vehi c le ”

, a nd

that in t he e v e nt t h a t t he MA

- UAS should run low on pow e r, the P I C will be a le r ted a nd c a n land t he HuP

UAS a s soon as possible. L ike the V D OS G r a nt of E x e mp t ion, Miami Aerial u se of the MA

- U A S

,

c omb i n e d with t he r e quir e ments of P e t i t i on e r ' s Op e r a t i ons M a nu a ls, ensu r e t h a t an e quival e nt l e v e l of s a f e t y

ca n be ac hiev e d.

S i m i l a r l y , in t he G r a nt of E x e mp t ion t o Al a n P ur w in (E x e mp t ion No. 1116 1 ), the F A A d e te r m i n e d

that a n e quival e nt l e v e l o f s a f e t y to t he f

u e l r e qui r e men t s for fl i g ht i n V F R c ondi t ions could be ac hi e v e d b y

prohibiting the P I C f

r om b e g inn i n g a fli g ht wi t h t h e MA

- UAS unless (c on s ide r ing wind a nd f o r eca st

w ea ther c ondi t ions), the r e w a s e no u g h p o w e r to f l y a t nor m a l c r uis i n g sp e e d to t he in t e nd e d landing point

a nd land the UA with 2 5 % b a t t e r y po w e r r e mainin g

. Miami Aerial will a dh er e to t his l i m i t a t i on f o r MA

UAS fli g hts.

The MA

- UAS includ e s a low b a t t e r y w a rning s y s t e m and the a mount of b a t te r y r e s e rve po w e r

r e maining is tr a nsm i t t e d to t he P I C via t e lem e tr i c d a t a fe e d, whi c h downli n ks f r om t he MA

- UAS to a

g roun d

- b a s e d

- on

- s c r e e n disp la y

. 2 0 As re quir e d b y Miami Aerial ’ s O p e r a t i ons M a nu a ls, t he P I C will

p r omp t l y f

l y the MA

- UAS b ac k to the home laun c h lo c a t i on or pre

- d e te r m i n e d a bo r t l o ca t i on wh e re the

MA

- UAS m a y s a f

e l y land, w hi l e s t i l l m a in t a in i ng a m i ni m um of 2 5 % r e s e rve b a t t e r y pow e r. Miami Aerial

submi t s that the p r o ce d u r e s r e quiring fli g hts t o be s a f e l y te r m i n a ted on c e t h e b a t t e ri e s f a ll b e low 25%

ca p ac i t y

, c omb i n e d with t he r e qui r e ment that f l i g hts on l y be c ondu c ted with i n a s e c u r e , iso l a ted a r ea , usi n g

a HuP

- UAS w e i g ht i n g less than 25 pounds, a nd with i n V L OS of the P I C a nd Ob s e rv e r (s )

, e ns u re that the

prop o s e d op e r a t i on will pro v ide a n e quiva l e nt or hi g h e r l e v e l of s a f e t y to t h a t provided b y the re g ulations

f r om which e x e mp t ion i s sou g ht.

1 9 G ra nt of E x e mp t ion N o. 11112 to VD O S Glob a l, LL C ( F A A

- 201 4

- 0382 a t 10).

2 0 The UAS g round c ont r ol s t a t i on displ a y s, the U A S s pos i t i on, n a vi g a t i on r o ute, t a il numbe r

, a l t i t ud e

,

h ea di n g , north s ee ki n g a r ro w , r a n ge to t a r g e ts, c a l c ulat e d ta r g e t pos i t i on, d a te/t i me, a nd s e nsor h e a d ing a nd

ori e ntation r e lative to the UA S

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VI. D R U G A N D A LC O H O L P RO G R AM

The Miami Aerial will h a ve pol i c ies in pl ac e to ensu r e that no p e rson m a y p a r t icip a te in HuP

- UAS

fli g ht ope r a t i ons if th e y a re und e r t h e influ e n c e of a lcohol or a n y dr u g

.

VII. P UB L IC INT E RE S T

The publ i c in t e r e st wi l l be s e rv e d b y gr a nt i n g Miami Aerial ’ s P e t i t i on f o r E x e mp t ion. C on g r e ss

has e stabli s h e d a n a t i on a l po l i c y that f a vors e a r l y in te gr a t i on of MA

- UAS in t o the N AS i n c ontroll e d,

s a f e wo r king e nvironme n ts s u c h a s tho s e pro p os e d in t his P e t i t i on. G ra nt i ng th i s P e t i t i on f o r E x e mp t ion

h e lps ful f i l l C on g r e s s ' g o a l i n p a ss i ng S ec t i on 333 ( a ) th r ou g h ( c ) of t h e R e fo r m A c t

— the F AA

Admin i str a tor ' s a ssessment of wh e t h e r c e rt a in MA

- UAS m a y op e r a te s a f e l y in t he N A S b e f

ore

c omp l e t i on of the statutori l y r e qui r e d rul e m a kin g

.

The pro p os e d MA

- UAS op e r a t i ons in th i s P e t i t i o n for E x e mp t ion s i g nifi ca nt l y i m prove s a f e t y a nd

r e du c e risk

, h a rm or s e ri o us inju r y to real estate i nsp ec t ors and property assessors . T r a di t ional methods of

rea l es t a te vid e o prod uc t i on a nd insp ec t i o n of st r u c tur e s, e x pose videog ra ph e r

- insp e c tors to h i g h e r risks of

s e rious in j uri e s, or d e a th. Vide o gr a ph e r

- i nsp ec tors n e e d to cl i mb roof tops or oth e r w ise p e r fo r m el e v a t e d

wo r k, wh i c h e x pos e s them to the r isk of d a n g e rous f a l l s, e le c t r o c ut i on or other wo r k r e l a ted e x tr e mes. I n

a ddi t i o n

, d e p e ndi n g on the n a tu r e of the video n ee d e d a nd the i nsp ec t i on work , p r o x i m i t y to e quip m e nt and

oth e r h a z a rds a ssoci a ted with i ndustri a l real estate s i tes a nd real estate c onst r u c t i on location s o f ten in v olve s

a great deal of risk to accomplish the job

. T he use o f MA

- UASs m i t i g a tes th e se h a z a rds a nd is ul t i m a te l y a

much s a f e r m e thod of p e r f

ormi n g these a nd m o st o t h e r t y p e s o f insp e c t i ons.

The use of sm a ll MA

- UASs a lso enh a n ce s s a f e t y a nd r e du c e s risk b e ca us e , unl i ke mann e d a ir c r a ft

w e i g hi n g thous a nds o f p ounds, ca rr y i n g c r e w in a ddi t ion t o fl a m m a ble f u e l, t he MA

- UASs c a r r y n o

p a sse n g e rs o r c r e w. F u r t h e r, in the u n l i k e l y e v e nt of a n a c c ident, the Miami Aerial small batt e r y pow er e d

MA

- UASs pr e s e nts s i g n ifi ca nt l y less d a n g e r to p e rsons on the g round w h e n c ompa r e d to ope r a t i ons b y

c onv e nt i on a l m a nn e d a i r c r a ft

. 2 1 As Petit i on e r ' s MA

- UASs a re b a t t e r y p o w e r e d, the p u bl i c will a lso ben e fit

f r om a re d u c t i on in ha r m ful e m i ss i ons a ssoci a ted with conv e nt i on a l ai r c r a f t pe r fo r m i n g in t he s a me

fun c t i ons prop o s e d h e r e i n. L a st l y

, a s r e c o g ni z e d b y the F AA in prior S e c t i on 333 G ra nts of E x e mp t ion t o

film m a k e rs, MA

- UASs provide a n a ddi t ional to o l for the a e ri a l film i ng i n dust r y

, a ddi n g a g re a ter d e gr e e

of f le x ib i l i t y , whi c h sup p lem e nts t he c ur r e nt c a p a bi l i t i e s of fe r e d b y man n e d a ir c r a ft

. 22

2 1 S e e G ra nt of E x e mp t i o n No. 11158 to T ea m 5, L L C ( F A A

- 2014

- 0783 a t 12):

" M a n n e d h e l i c opte r s c o n du c t i ng a e ri a l film i ng c a n w e i g h 6,000 pounds o r more a nd a re op e r a ted b y a n

onbo a rd pilot, in addit i on to o t h e r on b o a rd crew m e mbe r s, a s n e ce s s a r y . T h e p e t i t i on e r ’ s MA

- UAS will

w e i g h l e ss t h a n 55 poun d s with no onbo a rd pilot or c rew. T h e pi l ot and c rew w i l l be re mo t e l y loc a t e d f r om

the a ir c r a ft. The l i m i ted w e i g ht s i g nifi c a nt l y r e d u ce s the pot e nt i a l for h a rm to pa r t i c ipating a nd

nonp a rti c ipating ind i vid u a ls or p r op e r t y in t he e v e nt of a n incid e nt or a cc i d e nt. The risk to an onbo a rd pilot

a nd c rew du r i n g a n inci d e nt or a c c ident is e l i m i n a ted w i t h the use of a U A for the a e ri a l film i ng o p e r a t i on."U.S. D e p a rtm e nt of T r a n spor t a tion

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VIII. P RI V A C Y

All Miami Aerial MA

- UAS op e r a t i ons will be c ond u c ted in a c c ord a n c e with a ppl i ca ble fe d e r a l,

s t a te, or lo ca l l a ws re g a rdi n g p riv a c y . All ope r a t i ons shall be c ondu c ted o v e r p r i v a te or c ontroll e d

- a c ce ss

prop e r t y with pe r m i ss i on f r om t he land o w n e r/ c o n troller or a uthor i z e d r e p r e s e ntative. Pe r m i ss i on f r om l a nd

own e r/ c ontroll e r o r a

uth o ri z e d r e pr e s e ntative w i l l be obt a ined f or e a c h flight to be c ondu c ted.

IX. F EDER A L R E G I S TER SU MM A R Y

P ursu a nt t o 14 C. F .R. P a rt 11, the f ol l owing su m ma r y is p rovid e d for pub l ic a t i on in t h e F E D ER A L

RE G I S TER, shou l d it be d e te r m i n e d that publ i ca t i on is n ee d e d:

P e t i t i on e r s ee ks a n e x e mp t ion f r om t he following rul e s in T i t l e 14 of the Code of Fed e r a l Re g ulations:

P a rt 21, Subp a rt H ; P a rt 27; 45.23(b ) ; 45.27( a ); 6 1.113; 91.7( a ); 91.9 ( b ) ( 2 ); 91.9 (c ); 91.103; 91.1 0 9( a );

91.119 (c ); 91.121; 91.1 5 1( a ); 91.203 ( a ) & (b ) ; 9 1 .405 (a ); 91.407 ( a ) ( 1); 91

. 409( a ) ( 1 ) & (2 ) ; 91.417 ( a ) &

(b )

.

The e x e mp t ion wi l l enh a n c e the quality of real estate video capture that could never be performed

by conventional aircraft and increases s a f e t y and greatly r e d u c es r i sk to real estate videographers and

inspectors. Additionally reduce s the danger to onsite employees, the pub l ic a nd p r op e r t y own e rs f rom the

substantial h a z a rds a s so c iat e d with pe r f o rming e quival e nt aer i a l vide o g r a p h y , photo g rap h y a nd insp ec t i on

of rea l e state pro p e r t y with conv e nt i on a l fi x e d

- wing a i r c r a ft, rotor c r a ft, or oth e r m e thods.

X. C ONCLUSION

The Miami Aerial P e t i t i on f or E x e mp t ion satisfi e s t h e c rit e r i a a rti c ula t e d in S ec t i on 333 of the

R e f o rm A c t of 2012 including w e i g ht, sp ee d, o p e r a t i n g ca p a bi l i t ies, p r o x i m i t y to a i rpo r ts and popul a ted

a re a s, op e r a t i on with i n V L OS a nd n a t i on a l se c uri t y . The prop o s e d MA

- UAS op er a t i ons will reduce the

inherent dangers and risks of real estate inspectors and property assessors that currently use scaffolding and

ladders. Additionally, MA

- UAS op er a t i ons will benefit the publ i c a s a whole i m proving s a f e t y a nd

r e d u c ing risk by the elimination of conventional aircraft a l l e viating human e x posure to da n g e r. I n

c onsid e r a t i on of the fo r e g oi n g , th i s P e t i t i on f o r E x e mp t ion prov i d e s the F A A w i t h more t h a n a d e q u a te

justifi ca t i on f

o r g r a nt i ng the r e q u e sted e x e mp t ions allowing the Miami Aerial to use small MA

- UASs for

A e r i a l Vide o g r a p h y a nd P hoto g r a p h y of R ea l Estate P rop e r t y

.

2 2 S e e e .g ., G ra nt o f E x e mp t ion No. 11178 to P ic t ure F ac to r y

, I n c

. ( F A A

- 2 014

- 0794 a t 18).U.S. D e p a rtm e nt of T r a n spor t a tion

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W e thank y ou f

o r y our p r ompt c onsid e r a t i on of o u r re qu e sted e x e mp t ions.

R e sp ec tful l y S ubm i t t e d,

Paul Morris

P r e sident

Miami Aerial, LLC

,

P. O. Box 530894

Miami Shores, FL, 33153

S hould y ou h a ve a n y qu e st i ons, or if y ou n e e d a n y a ddi t ional info r mation t o support the re qu e sted

e x e mp t ions, ple a se c ont a c t t he und e rs i g n e d a t:

Miami Aerial, LLC

, P hon e : 305

- 795

- 6123

Email: info@miamiaerial.com

( The followi n g a t t ac h e d i tems c ontain p r opri e t a r y a nd c om m e r c i a l i nfo r ma t ion e x e mpt f r om d i s c los u re

und e r the F re e dom of I n f orm a t i on A c t, 5 U. S .C. § 522 e t seq.

, a nd should b e h e ld i n a s e p a r a te file p ursu a nt

to 14 C

. F .R. § 11.35 ( b) )

.

A t ta c h me n ts:

1. G e n e r a l Op e r a t i ons Manu a l

2. P I C Op e r a t i n g M a nu a l

3. Company P roto c ols

4. L o c a t i on P roto c ols

5. F l i g ht C om m unic a t i ons P roto c ols

6. D e p a rti n g L o c a t i on P roto c ols

7. T ra nsm i t t e r Proto c ols

8. P r e fli g ht C h ec kl i st

9. P ost F l i g ht C h e ckl i st

10. Equipm e nt C h ec kl i st

11. U A S M a nuf

a c t u r e r ’s M a nu a ls

a . Us e r M a nu a ls

b. U A S M a in t e n a n c e M a nu a ls