# M otion Pic t ure and Television

Flight O pe r ation M an u al

GP Walsh Productions

3576 E. Longhorn Dr.

Gilbert

, AZ 85297

( 480 ) 275- 4526

D a t e : September 15

, 20 1 5 Ve r si on : O r i g i nal

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

A. P u r p os e

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B

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

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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

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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

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E

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

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F

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

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

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

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I. S ec u r i t y

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J

. 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

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K

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

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L

. 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

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M. L i m i t a t io n s .......................................................................................................................10

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

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O

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

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

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

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## 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 ls

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## 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 GP Walsh Productions 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 GP Walsh Productions’ e x e mption

a

ppli ca tion d a t e d M a y 20, 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. GP

Walsh Productions’ pilots a nd oth e r c omp a n y p er sonn e l w h e n a ppli ca ble will c omp l y with the

poli c i e s, p r o ce d u re s, a nd c onditions of t h is M a nu a l, wh e n e v e r motion pi c tu r e or t e l e vision f li g ht

op e r a tions ar e p e rf o r

m e d t h a t re q ui r e a n e x e mption.

B

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

GP Walsh Productions

- - Op e ra t or

3576 E Longhorn Dr

Gilbert, AZ 85297

George Walsh

- A p pli ca nt/ re sponsible p er s o n - ( 480) 275- 4526

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 will 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 pilot ’ 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 isdi 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

GP Walsh Productions 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 or e 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.

Page of 4 9R 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 vision

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 nd 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 ilmin 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. 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

, GP Walsh Productions 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 )

.

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 mission 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

Page of 5 9lo 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 nt 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.

At 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.

GP Walsh Productions 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.

H. 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

The GP Walsh Productions 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 to

GP Walsh Productions 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.

I. 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 nd

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

.

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. 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 will

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 issu 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.

K . 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.

GP Walsh Productions 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.

L

. 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 re 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

.

M. 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 GP Walsh Productions’

re qu e st f or a limit e d e x e mp t ion, d a t e d M a y 20, 2015, a tt ac h e d t o this M a nu a l a s App e n d ix C

.

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

.

Page of 7 9The 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.

N. C o m m un i c a t io ns

Prior to the start of any operation covered by this Manual, the pilot in command will formulate a plan

to provide communications capability to all participants during the actual operation and filming. Oral,

visual or radio communications may be used as long as it is effective and is capable of keeping the

participants continuously apprised of the current status of the operation

O . 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 would

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.

P. 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 is e d o f the c u r r e nt st a tus of op e r a tion.

Q. 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

.

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## GP Walsh Productions

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 GP Walsh Productions 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.

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 :

GP Walsh Productions 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:

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