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February 1, 2016

U.S. Department of Transportation Docket Management System 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE Washington, D.C. 20590

Re: Amendment to Exemption 11400 A (Docket No. FAA

– 2015

– 0155 )

To Whom it May Concern:

As you are aware, this office represents Contend LLC ("Contend") regarding the above

referenced Petition for Exemption, which was granted on July 8, 2015

. Contend hereby requests an amendment to its Exemption to include several additional aircraft, the DJI Inspire 1, DJI Inspire 1 Pro , Gryphon Dynamics X8, Freefly Alta, DJI S1000, DJI Phantom 2, DJI Phantom 2 Vision, DJI Phantom 2 Vision+, DJI Phantom 3, and DJI Matrice.

I

. The Proposed UAS Operations Meet the Requirements of Section 333 of the Reform

Act

Based on their weight, size and oper ational capabilities, all of the UAS requested to be added to this Exemption meet the requirements of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of

2012. Accordingly, all of the requirements to ope r ate these vehicles been satisfied and the petiti on is suitable for a summary grant.

DJI Inspire : See

, Exemption No. 11254 to Upward Aerial; Exemption No. 11659 to

Fovea Aero Systems; Exemption No. 11668 to Sky

- Forge Robotics LLC.

Gryphon Dynamics X8 : See

, Exemption No. 1 2381 to Bryan Harvey Films;

Freefly Alta

, Se e
, Exemption No. 1 2830 to Aerial Experts, LLC ;

DJI S1000

, See

, Exemption No. 1 2793 to West Coast Aerial Productions ;

DJI Phantom 2

, See

, Exemption No. 1 3405 to Skydrone UAVS, Inc.;

DJI Phantom 2 Vision

, See

, Exemption No. 1 3342 to Blue Sky Crop Cons ulting;

DJI Phantom 2 Vision+

, See

, Exemption No. 1 2796 to Richard W. Moore ;

DJI Phantom 3

, See

, Exemption No. 1 2800 to William English ;February 1, 2016 Page 2 Salans FMC SNR Denton
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DJI Matrice

, See

, Exemption No. 1 2 697 to Django Greenblatt

- Seay

.

DJI Inspire 1 Pro: At the time of this fil ing, it does not appear that permission has previously been granted to operate the Inspire 1 Pro. However, the Inspire 1 Pro is substantially similar in its design, weight , and operating characteristics to the Inspire 1. There are currently pending 143 P etitions for Exemption seeking permission to operate the Inspire 1 Pro, and all of the technical information regarding the Inspire 1 has been previously submitted to the FAA. See

, FAA

- 2015

- 6764

- 0001

.

A s this is an amendment to an existing exemption see king the addition of a supplementary UAS model that is substantially similar to the one currently authoriz ed for use under the Exemption, contend respectfully submits that good cause exists so that notice does not need to be published in the Federal Regist er for the requested amendment.

II. The Requested Amendment is in the Public Interest

The above listed UAS offer substantial safety benefits for aerial data collection o ver conventional operations using helicopters or fixed wing aircraft.

If you have an y questions regarding this amendment, or require any additional information to process this Petition, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Very Truly Yours,

Mark E. McKinnon Counsel for Contend LLC