U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket Operations 

West Building Ground Floor, Room w12-140 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E. 

Washington, DC 20590 

Exemption Request under Section 333 of the FAA Reform Act and Part 

11 of the Federal Aviation Regulations to allow Commercial Use of 

Unmanned Aircraft Systems 

Petitioner: 

Mission Geospatial Ltd. 

Jaroslav Geba 

3320 8 Street S.E. 

Calgary, Alberta Canada 

Tel: 1403 668 4604 

Email: jgeba@mgeo.ca 

Website: www.mgeo.ca 

Dear Sir or Madam, 

Pursuant to Section 333 ofthe FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (herein to as Reform Act) and 

14 CFR Part 11, Mission Geospatial, a professional and technical services firm, hereby applies for an 

exemption from the listed Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs) to allow commercial operation of sUAS 

for aerial data collection. 

Mission Geospatial has obtained a blanket Special Flight Operating Certificate in the Prairie North Region 

of Canada and has abided by Canadian Aviation Regulations (CARs) and has enough experience to bring 

benefit to the citizens of United States of America. 

This app!ication is substantially based on the FAA'S findings in Exemption No. 11329 & 11351 granted to 

bizUAS Corp & Falkirk Mining Company on December 19th, 2014 & January 2"d, 2015, and in reliance on 

the analysis provided therein. 

1) Sections from which exemptions are sought: Application is hereby made for exemption from: 

a) FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, PL 112-95 FEB.14, 2012, Section 333 

b) 14 CFR Part 21, subpart H 
iv) 91.119 

v) 91.121 

vi) 91.151 

vii) 91.203(a)&(b) 

viii) 91.405 

ix) 91.407 

x) 91.409 

xi) 91.417 

xii) 91.7(a) 

2) Relief sought: 

a) Mission Geospatial (mGeo) wishes to operate small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) for 

commercial purposes for aerial data collection. 

b) This exemption will cover use of the following airframes, all of which will weight lesss than 55 

pounds including payload and energy sources: 

i) Sensefly eBee 

ii) Sensefly eBee RTK 

iii) 3D Robotics X8-M 

iv) Other models to be added by future amendment to this exemption 

3) Public benefit: 

a) Use of sUAS technology to obtain imagery, information and data currently obtained by use of 

manned flight or manual methods: 

i) Reduces statistical risk to human life due to manned aircraft accidents (e.g., power line 

inspections) and due to other dangerous activities that can be avoided (e.g., scaffolding/ 

rigging failures during stack or bridge inspections). 

ii) Reduces the cost of obtaining such information, which benefits consumers and the 

economy. 

iii) Reduces environmental impact by eliminating sources of hydrocarbon emissions from 

manned aircraft. 

4) Safety not adversely affected: 

a) Aircraft will be registered and marked in accordance with Section 44711 and Part 47 and Part 

45, Subpart C. 

b) Aircraft will comply with maintenance and inspection requirements of the manufacturer. All 

repair and maintenance work will be conducted or approved by qualified personnel such as 

those authorized by Robotic Skies (or equivalent), and will require a test flight after such work. 

Records of all maintenance and repair work be kept in a maintenance log for each aircraft. 

c) All flight operations will be conducted by at least two individuals (PIC and observer) who will 

maintain verbal communication capability with each other at all times during the flight and who 

will remain stationary on the ground during the f light operations: 
(4) At least 5 hours of flight experience and 3 takeoffs and landings in make and model 

being flown in the prior 90 days. Such cycles and hours may be gained during flights 

under this exemption if a safe distance is maintained from persons in accordance with 

14 CFR 91.119. 

ii) A Visual Observer. 

iii) A Sensor Operator as necessary. 

d) All flight operations will be conducted in accordance with valid Certificates of Authorization. 

e) All flight operations will comply with the following: 

i) The manufacturers' Aircraft Flight Manuals and Operation Guidelines 

ii) mGeo flight operations policies including lost communication and other emergency and 

safety procedures. 

iii) Conducted in VMC conditions during daylight hours 

iv) PIC and VO will maintain VLOS at all times. 

v) Pre-flight inspections (including ground control station, if any) and safety risk assessments 

will be conducted prior to each flight. 

vi) Flight altitudes will remain below 400 feet above ground level. 

vii) Flight ground speeds will not exceed 50 knots. 

viii) Not intrude into Class B, CorD airspace, or published approach, SID or STAR, or take place 

within 5 nautical miles of an airport unless a letter of agreement with that airport's 

management is obtained. 

ix) Not be made near persons as required in 14 CFR 91.119 and not over persons on the ground 

without their prior permission. 

x) Each flight will be logged in both the PIC's logbook and the aircraft logbook. 

xi) Not exceed 75% of the battery or fuel capacity of the aircraft or 30 minutes, whichever 

occurs first. 

xii) Any incidents will be reported to NTSB within 24 hours of occurrence. 

xiii) mGeo will maintain liability insurance of at least $1,000,000 issued by a insurance 

underwriter. 

xiv) Any applicable local FSDO requirements. 

xv) All other applicable regulations concerned with the operation of aircraft. 

f) Aircraft will use 2.4 GHz for control of the aircraft, and 5.8 GHz for sending data with welldefined and tested lost link procedures. 

g) If the sUAS loses communications or loses its GPS signal, the sUAS will return to a predetermined location within the private or controlled-access property. 

Please advise us of any additional information or changes that may be required. 

Sincerely,