Attorney, Jerald A. Lavin,

Jerald A. Lavin LTD.

324 Osprey Point Drive

Osprey, FL 34229

941

- 320

- 0077

lavin77@comcast.net

PETITIONER:

Matthew D. Lavin a/k/a Aerography

1350 45 th AVE, #B Capitola, CA 95010

Tel

- 917

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- 3201 matthew@aerography.net

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b y Matthew D. Lavin a/k/a Aerography f o r t h e ab ov e

- r e f e r en c e d d o c ke t

. Th e M PT O M i n c l ud e s

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a t A pp en dix B, a d e scr i pt i o n o f th e a i r cr a ft m ake s , m o d el s

, an d t y p e s

, a s r eq u e st e d , f o r t h e

pr o p o s e d U AS op e r a t i o n.

T h is le t t e r an d th e a tt a c h m en t w e r e fi le d o nl i n e a t r e gu la t i o n s

. g o v in D o c k e t N o . F A A

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Attorney, Jerald A. Lavin,

Jerald A. Lavin LTD.

324 Osprey Point Drive

Osprey, FL 34229

941

- 320

- 0077

lavin77@comcast.net

Att a c h m en t

# M otion Pic t ure and Television

Flight O pe r ation M an u al

Matthew D. Lavin a/k/a Aerography

1350 45 th 

## AVE, #B

Capitola, CA 950102 

## T a b le o f C o n t e n ts

A. P u r p os e

................................................. .............................................................................. 4

B

. P ilo t /O p er a t o r O r ga n i z a t io n

............................................................................................ 4

C. P ilo t s T o B e Us e d D u r i n g F i l m i n g

................................................................................... 4

D. L ist of Ai rcr a f t b y M a ke

, M o d e l a n d S er ial or R e gis tr a t ion N u m b e r

......................... 4

E

. Dis tr i bu t ion a n d R e vis i on

.......................... ...................................................................... 4

F

. P e r so n s A u t h o r i ze d

........................................................................................................... 5

G

. A re a of O p er a t io n s

............... ............................................................................................. 5

H. P lan of A ct ivi t i e s ............................................................................................................... 5

I. P er m i ssion t o O p er a t e

...................................................................................................... 6

J. S ec u r i t y

................................................................................................................. ............. 6

K

. B r i e f i n g o f P ilo t s a n d P r o du ct ion P e r so nn e l

................................................................ .. 7

L

. C ert i f i c a t io n /Ai r w o rt h i n e ss

.............................................................................. ............. .. 7

M

. P ilot P e r so nn e l

— M i n i m u m R e qu i r e m e n t s

................................................................... .. 7

N. L i m i t a t io n s

.................................................................................................. ..................... .. 7

O. C o m m un i c a t io n s

............................................................................................................. .. 7

P

. A cc i d e n t No t i f i c a t ion

.......................................................... ............................................ .. 8

Q. R ec all/ S t op P r o ce du re s

................................................................................................... .. 8

R. A er o b a t ic C o m p ete n c y

....................................... ............................................................ .. 8

A pp e nd ix A

A pp e nd ix B3 

## R e v isi o n C ont r o l P a ge

R e v isi o n # D a te I n iti a ls4 

## M ot i o n P ic t u r e a n d T el e v is i o n F li g h t Op e r a t i o n M a n u al

A. P u r p ose

This M a nu a l h a s b ee n d e v e lop e d b y Matthew D. Lavin a/k/a Aerography (“ Aerography ” ) in

c onjun c tion with a n a ppli ca tion f or

a n e x e mption fr om a limit e d numb e r of r e g ul a tions pu r su a nt

to S ec tion 333 of the F A A Mod er ni z a tion a nd R ef o r m A c t of 2012 a nd 14 C

. F

. R

. P ar t 11, a s

outlin e d in Aero graphy’s e x e mption a ppli ca tion d a t e d M a y 08, 2015, f or u s e of sUAS to g a t h e r

f

oot a ge fr om c los e d

- s e t l o ca tions in the NAS . Aerography, and other personnel when applicable

will comply with the policies, procedures and conditions of this manual, whenever mot ion

picture or television flight operations are performed.

B

. O p er a t o r O r ga n i z a t ion

Matthew D. Lavin a/k/a Aerography

- Operator

1350 45 th AVE, #B, Capitola, CA 95010

# 917

- 509

- 3201

C. P ilo t s T o B e Us e d D u r i n g F i l m i n g

P ilots to be us e d du r ing f ilming wi ll be in c lud e d in the P l a n of A c tiviti e s to be f il e d a t l ea st th r e e

( 3) d a y s p r ior to eac h s c h e dul e d f ilmin g , pu r s u a nt to S ec tion H, infra , with the lo ca l F S DO

h a ving ju r isdi c tion ov e r t he ar e a of p r opo s e d f ilmin g . The list of pilots will in c lude e a c h pil ot ’ s pilot cer ti f i ca te numb e r a s w e ll a s sp ec i a l pilot a u

t ho r i z a tions or e ndo r s e m e nts, if a

ppli ca bl e

.

D. L ist of Ai rcr a f t b y M a ke

, M o d e l a n d S er ial or R e gis tr a t ion N u m b er

A list of a i rcr a f t to be us e d a pp ear s in Ap p e ndix B

, infra

. F u r th er mo re

, a n y a i rc r af t to be us e d in

the p r opos e d f ilming s h a ll be list e d b y m a k e , mo d e l a nd s er i a l or r e g ist ra ti o n numb e r in the P l a n

of A c tiviti e s to be f il e d a t l ea st th re e d a y s p r ior to eac h s c h e dul e d f ilmi n g

, pu r su a nt to S ec tion H,

infra , with the lo ca l F S DO h a ving j u r i sdi c tion ov e r the a r e a of p r opos e d f i l min g

.

E

. Dis tr i bu t ion a n d R e vis i on

Aerography will issue a c o p y of this m a nu a l, in c l u ding a ll re visions, to a ll p er sonn e l involv e d in

sUAS op era tion. All r e c ipi e nts ar e r e qui re d to k ee p th e ir m a nu a ls up

- to

- d a t e with a n y f u

r nish e d

re visions.

Am e ndm e nts in F A R s a n d no r m a l us a g e will f r e q u e nt l y indi ca t e a n e e d f or a dditions, d e l e tions,

or c o r r ec tions of s e l e c t e d subj ec t m a tt e r in this m a nu a l. R e visions to the m a nu a l will be issu e d

p er iodi ca l l y to ref l ec t th e se c h a n g e s. I n a ddition, m a nu a l us er s who obs e r v e ore x p er i e n c e a

n ee d f or c h a n ge a r e e n c o u r a g e d to submit th e ir sug g e stions to the C hi e f F in a n c i a l O f f i ce r f or

re vi e w a nd c onsid e r a tion.

R e visions to the M a nu a l will be f o r w a r d e d to the F li g ht S t a nd ar ds Dist r i c t O ff i c e (F S D O ) a t

l ea st 15 d a y s b ef o r e the p r opos e d e f fec tive d a t e

. R e visions will be not e d on the R e vision5 C ont r ol P a g e a t the fr ont of this M a nu a l a nd will be not e d in bold in this M a nu a l. E ach

subs e qu e nt re vision of t h e M a nu a l will be dist r ibut e d to a ll c omp a n y p er s o nn e l involv e d in

sUAS op era tion.

F

. P e r so n s A u t h o r i zed

S ec tion 91.119 (c ) is w a i v e d on l y with r e sp ec t to t h ose p ar ti c ip a ti n g p er sons, v e hi c l e s, a nd

st r u c tu re s di r e c t l y invol v e d in the p erf o r m a n c e of the ac tu a l f ilmin g . T h e p ilot

- in

- c omm a nd a n d

cer ti f i c a te hold e r sh a ll e n su r e th a t no p er sons ar e a llow e d within 500 fee t of the ar e a e x ce pt those

c ons e nting to be involv e d a nd n e c e ss a r y f o r the f i lming p r odu c tion. This p r ovision m a y be

re du ce d to no l e ss th a n 2 00 fee t in the e v e nt th a t a suit a bl e

, e quiv a l e nt l e v e l of s afe t y c a n be

ac hi e v e d. An e quiv a l e nt l e v e l of s a f e t y m a y be d e t er min e d b y e v a l u a tion of the f ilming

p r odu c tion ar e a a nd the d e g re e o f t e r ra in f e a tu re s, buildin g s, e t c . th a t will p r ovide a s a f e t y b a r r i er

to obs er v er s.

P r ior to a n y f il min g , the pilot

- in

- c omm a nd a nd c e r ti f i ca te hold e r s h a ll be r e sponsible f or

obt a ining si g n e d c on s e nt f o r ms fr om a n y p er son w ho is a llow e d within 500 fee t ( or 200 f e e t a s

outlin e d a bov e ) of the f ilmin g

. S u c h c ons e nt f or ms sh a ll be m a int a in e d by the o p era tor f or a

p er iod of a t l e a st six ( 6) months f ollowing the f ilmin g

.

G

. A re a of O p er a t io n s

Aerography’s area of o p era tions s h a ll be withinthe continental Unit e d S t a t e s.

The pilot/op era tor sh a ll c oo r din a te with the F S DO h a ving g e o g ra phic re sp o nsibili t y ov e r t he a r e a

of the f ilming op e ra tions.

H. P lan of A ct ivi t i e s

At l ea st th re e ( 3 ) d a y s p r i or to a n y s c h e dul e d f ilmin g

, Aerography sh a ll submit a w r itt e n pl a n

of ac tiviti e s to the lo ca l F S DO h a vi n g ju r isdi c tion ov e r the a re a o f p r opos e d f ilmin g . The pl a n

of ac tiviti e s sh a ll in c lude the f ollowin g :

1) D a t e s a nd tim e s f or a ll f li g hts.

2) N a me a nd pho n e numb e r of op era tor re sponsible f or the f ilming p r od u c tion

e v e nt.

3) N a me a nd pho n e numb e r of the p er son r e sponsible f or the on

- s ce n e op e r a tion

of the sUA S

.

4) M a k e , mod e l, a nd s e r i a l numb e r or r e g ist r a tion numb e r of a i r cr a f t to be us e d

a nd t y p e of a i r wo r thin e ss cer ti f i c a t e , in c luding C a t e g o r y ( C AT )

.6 5) N a m e s a nd c er ti f i c a te n u mb er s of pilots involv e d in the f ilming p r odu c tion

e v e nt.

6) A st a t e m e nt th a t p er missi on h a s b ee n obt a in e d fr o m p r op er t y own e r s a nd/ o r

lo ca l o ff i c i a ls to c ond u c t the f ilming p r odu c tion e v e nt; the list of those who

g a v e p er mission will be m a de a v a il a ble to the in s p ec tor upon r e qu e st.

7) S i g n a tu r e o f e x e mption hold e r or a d e si g n a t e d r e p r e s e n t a tiv e.

8) A g e n e r a l outlin e , d e s cr i ption or summ a r y of t h e f li g ht ac tivi t y s c h e dul e

, in c luding m a ps or di a g r a ms of a n y ar e a

, c i t y , to w n, c ount r y

, a nd/or st a te o v e r

whi c h f ilming will be c o ndu c t e d a nd the a ltitude e ss e nti a l to acc omplish the

op era tion.

A t the dis cre tion of the FS DO, the 3

- d a y noti f i ca t i on m a y b e w a iv e d. J usti f i ca tion of the

e x ce ption to the 3

- d a y r e qui re m e nt is n ee d e d.

Aerography ac knowl e d g e s th a t p r ior to the b e g inning of a n y f ilming o p era t i ons, the pl a n

of ac tiviti e s must be acce p t e d b y t h e F A A.

I. P er m ission t o O p er a t e

B ef o r e a n y f li g ht o p era t i on is c ondu c t e d a t l e ss t h a n 500 fee t un d e r the p r o visions of the

cer ti f i c a te of w a iv e r a nd this M a nu a l, the op era tor will obt a in p er mission to c ondu c t th e se

op era tions fr om p r o p er t y own er s a nd lo c a l o ff i c i a ls a s n ece s s a r y or a pp r op r i a t e

. P er sons fr om

whom p er mission m a y b e re qui r e d a r e list e d b e l o w:

1) P r op er t y o wn ers

2) L a w e n f o rce m e nt o ff i c i a l s

3) F i r e d e p ar tm e nt o f f i c i a ls

4) L o c a l, st a te a nd fe d e ra l gov er nm e nt

Aerography p er sonn e l obt a ining su c h p e r mission will do so in w r iting wh e n e v e r p r a c ti ca l;

how e v er

, v er b a l p er mission is acce pt a b l e oth er wi s e . A st a nd ar d p er mission f o r m is p r ovid e d in

App e ndix A a nd m a y b e us e d wh e n obt a ini n g w r i t t e n p er mission. W r itt e n p er mission f o r ms will

be m a int a in e d a t the job site until f li g ht op era tio n s ar e c ompl e t e d, a nd th e n tu r n e d ov e r Aerography to be k e pt on f ile f or a minimum of six ( 6) months. Th e se f o r ms will be m a de

a v a il a ble f or insp ec tion b y the F A A or oth e r o f f i c i a l p er so n n e l upon re qu e st.

J. S ec u r i t y

P r ior to a n y f li g ht op e ra t i on, the op era tor will c oo r din a te with a pp r op r i a t e p r odu c tion p er sonn e l

to d e vise a pl a n of s e c u r i ng the ar e a( s) of o p e r a tion fr om a ll un a utho r i z e d p er sons, v e hi c l e s a nd7 a i rc r af t. P r ovisions will be m a de to imm e di a t e l y dis c ontinue op era tions s h ould the are a ( s)

b ec ome uns e c u re d o r f

or a n y ot h e r r ea son in the i n t ere st of s a f e t y

.

K

. B r i e f i n g o f P ilo t s a n d P r o du ct ion P e r so nn e l

P r ior to the st ar t of a n y o p era tion und e r t h e p r ovi s ions of this M a nu a l, the pilot in c omm a nd w ill

c ondu c t a b r i e f i n g of a ll p r o ce du r e s to p ar ti c ip a ti n g p e r sonn e l of the r isks involv e d, e m e r g e n c y

p r o ce du r e s, a nd s a f e g u a r ds to be f ollowing du r i n g the f ilming p r odu c tion e v e nt. P er sonn e l will

a lso be b r i e f e d on a n y a d dition a l p r ovisions th a t m a y b e is su e d b y the lo c a l F S DO, in c ludi n g the

lo ca tion of bound ar i e s o r a n y ot h e r time limits.

L

. C ert i f i c a t io n /Ai r w o rt h i n e ss

P r ior to a n y f li g ht op e ra t i on, the pilot in c omm a nd will c ondu c t a p r e

- f li g ht insp ec tion in

acc o r d a n c e with Title 14 of the C ode of Fe d e ra l R e g u l a tions ( 14 C F R ) p ar t s 43 a nd 91 a nd

a

ppli ca ble op e ra ti n g limit a tions. The p re

- f l i g ht i n sp ec tion will acc ount f or a ll pot e nti a l

dis cre p a n c i e s, e

. g ., inop e ra ble c ompon e nts, it e ms or e quipm e nt. I f the ins p ec tion re v e a ls a

c ondition th a t aff e c ts the s af e op e ra tion of the s U A S , the a i rc r af t will be p r ohibit e d fr om

op era tion until the n ece s s a r y m a int e n a n c e h a s b e e n p erf o r m e d a nd the sU A S is f ound to be in a

c ondition f or s af e f li g ht.

Aerography will f ollow t h e sUAS m a nu f a c tu re r ’ s m a int e n a n ce , o v er h a ul

, r e pl ace m e nt,

inps ec tion a nd li f e limit re qui re m e n ts f or the a i r c raf t a nd a i r c raf t c ompon e nts. E ac h s UAS

op era t e d un d e r this e x e mption w i ll c om p l y with a ll m a nu f a c tu r e r s afe t y bull e tins.

The a i r c raf t to be u s e d m a y b e c er ti f i ca t e d in a n y C AT, in c luding e x p er im e nt a l, p r ovid e d the

re qui re m e nts of 14 C F R p ar t 91, §§ 91.7, 91.9, a n d 91.203 ar e m e t.

M

. P ilot P e r so nn e l

— M i n i m u m R e qu i r e m e n t s

The pilot in c omm a nd will hold e ith e r a n a i r line t r a nspo r t, c omm erc i a l, p r i v a t e

, r e cr e a tion a l, or

spo r t pilot cer ti f i ca t e . T h e P I C will a lso hold a c ur re nt F A A a i r m a n m e d i c a l cer ti f i ca te o r a v a lid

U. S . d r iv er’ s li ce n s e issu e d b y a st a t e , the Dist r i c t of C olumbi a

, P u er to R i c o, a t err ito r y , a

poss e ssion, or the Fe d er a l Gov er nm e nt. The P I C a lso will m ee t the f li g ht r e vi e w r e qu i re m e nts

sp ec i f i e d in 14 C F R § 6 1 .56 in a n a i rc r af t in whi c h the P I C is ra t e d on his or h e r pilot cer ti f i ca t e

.

N. L i m i t a t io n s

Ai rcr a f t op e r a tions sh a ll c on f o r m with the limit a tions s e t f o r th in Aerography’s re qu e st f or

a limit e d e x e mp t ion, d a t e d M a y 0 8, 2015, docket number FAA

- 2015

- 1901

.

The a i r c raf t will be o p er a t e d a t a n a ltitude of no m o r e th a n 400 f ee t a bo v e g r ound l e v e l ( A G L )

. Altitude will be re po r t e d in fee t A G L

.

The a i r c raf t will not be o p era t e d d u r ing n i g ht, a s d ef in e d in 14 C F R § 1.1.

O. C o m m un i c a t io ns8 P r ior to the st ar t of a n y o p era tion c ov e re d b y this M a nu a l, the pilot in c omm a nd will f o r

mul a te a

pl a n to p r ovide c ommuni ca tions ca p a bili t y to a ll p ar ti c ip a nts du r i n g the a c tu a l op era tion a nd

f ilmin g . O ra l, visu a l or r a dio c ommuni ca tions m a y be u s e d a s lo n g a s it is eff e c tive a nd is

ca p a ble o f k ee pi n g the p a r ti c ip a nts c ontinuous l y a pp r is e d of the c u rre nt st a t us of the op e r a tion.

P

. A cc i d e n t No t i f i c a t ion

S hould a n acc id e nt or in c id e nt re qui r i n g noti f i ca t i on of the NT S B o cc u r , t h e op era t o r w ould

imm e di a t e l y noti f y the N T S B pu r su a nt to 49 C F R § 830 a nd t a ke st e ps to p r e s er ve a nd p r ot e c t

the acc i d e nt s ce n e.

Q. R ec all/ S t op P r o ce du res

R a dio c ommuni ca tion, o ra l, visu a l or a c ombin a ti o n will be utili z e d to k ee p the p ar ti c ip a nts

c ontinuous l y a pp r i s e d o f the c u r r e nt st a tus of op e r a tion.

R. A er o b a t ic C o m p ete n cy

I f the f ilming o p era tions re qui r e the issu a n c e of F AA F o r m 8710

- 7, s e e V o lume 5, C h a pt e r 9,

S ec tion 1, I ss u e / R e n e w / R e s c ind a S t a t e m e nt of A cr ob a tic C omp e t e n c y

.9 APPENDIX A



## Aerography’s

P e r m issi o n t o C on d u ct O p e r a t i on s Fo r m

In si g n i n g t h is f o r m

, I a m g i v i n g Aerography pe r m issi o n t o o p e r a t e its a i r c r a f t a t l e ss

t h an 50 0 f e e t f ro m p ro pe r t y

, o r

, in s om e j u r is d icti o n in w h ich I a m r e s p on s i b le f o r o r

a f

f ili a t ed w it h

, f o r t h e pu r po s e o f f i l m o r t e l e v isi o n p r o d u cti on.

N a m e:

T itl e :

Lo c a t i on:

D a te o f

O pe r a ti o n:

Ba sis o f Au t ho r ity to G r an t P e r m issi on:

S i g na t u r e :

D a t e :

Aerography R ep r e s en t a ti v e R e c e i v i n g Pe r m issi on:10 APPENDIX B



## Aerography

L ist o f A p p r o v e d A i r c r a f t

1 M ak e a nd M od e l

Gryphon Dynamics GD

- 6

-

HX900F T y pe

Hexacopter We ight

25 l b s. ( i n cl u si v e o f

camera and battery)

2 DJI S900 Hexacopter 25 l b s. ( i n cl u si v e o f

camera and battery)

3 DJI S1000 Octocopter 25 l b s. ( i n cl u s i v e o f

c a m e r a a n d b a t t e r y )

4 DJI I n n o v a ti on s I n s p i r e 1 Q uad

- r o t or 6 l b s. ( i n cl u si v e o f

c a m e r a a n d b a t t e r y )