# PETER ZANL UNGHI

65 Park Rd. Stony Point, NY 10980 | Cell (914)527

- 9887 | pjzanlunghi@aol.com
US Dept of Transportation West Building Ground Floor, Room W12

- 140 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE Washington, DC 20590



## SUMMARY AUGUST 25, 2015

Waiver of Authorization Request Waiver of Authorization under Part 333 of P.L. 112

- 95, certain rules of unmanned

aircraft systems.

I would like a waiver of authorization to fly my DJI Inspire 1 unmanned aircraft , S/N W13DCG29040033. I have submitted my form FAA form 8050

- 1 registration form. The DJI Inspire has two red and two green lights that are always on and indicate direction Inspire is oriented. The DJI Inspire also has many safety features built in, return to home with 20% battery power remaining, or if communication between the Inspire and the controller is lost for any reason , t he Inspire climbs to preprogrammed altitude and returns to base , during all power operations, airborne or on ground. All operation s will be in accordance with DJI manufacturer operations, inspections and instructions manuals as well as any federal and local laws and regulations

. Similar requests that have been approved are: Filmed Imagination EXEMPTION # 12615 Blue Ski es Ahead EXEMPTION # 12608 Sky Vue Technology EXEMPTION # 12603

Operations All operations will be within visual line of sight. Operations will be done in a 2 people team.

Pilot will hold a commercial pilot certificate and be current on all applicable FAA and Local regulations and laws. Operator will be be within speaking distance of t he visual o bserver . Visual o bserver will have 20/20 or corrected to 20/20 vision.

Aircraft will be operated below 400 feet above ground level at all times, never exceeding 55 Knots and always within visual line of sight of both the operator and visual observer. Any payload will be in accordance with DJI operating manual and never exceed 8 pounds. The aircraft will not be operated within 5 miles of any airfields with an operating controlPage 2 t ower or 3 miles of any airport with instrument approach procedures. All operati ons will be in day VFR conditions only. All maintenance involving powerplant, batteries, propellers and payload will be put in a Maintenance log that will be kept as a record for a minimum of one year. After all main

- tenance aircraft will be test flown in a secure area to ensure all operations are as intended by manufacturer. All maintenance will be accomplished by appropriately rated mechanic and be in accordance

w ith DJI manual and acceptable maintenance practices. All operations will be co nducted in controlled area s and will ensure that the general
p ublic or property will not be at risk. No operations will be conducted over congested areas. All o perations will be with property owners permission, and with only required personnel in operations area. All operations will have a document providing operations plan. The DJI Inspire 1 meets Part 15 of FCC regulations, operating in the 2. 4GHz spectrum. The DJI Inspire 1 will be programmed to return to base with a minimum of 20 percent power

r emaining on all missions

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Exemptions from compliance:

91.121 Altimeter setting, there are no personnel on aircraft, always operated below 400 feet , Altitude is derived from very sophisticated GPS and Sonar like down facing camera. 91.9(b)2 Aircraft flight manual, No personnel on aircraft, remotely operated. Airworthiness certificate and registration numbers, aircraft makes minimal noise and 45.23 Limited size for display of registration numbers. 91.151 (a) & (b) VF R fuel minimums, aircraft does not operate with fuel, programmed to return to base with 20% power remaining. I would like to operate my Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) pursuant to Section 333 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012. This exemption will permit operation for commercial
p urposes of conducting aerial video and photography, as well as pro

- bono if people are missing in

w ater or woods.

Permission to operate at H43, owned by me and used for training. Aircraft will immediately land if helicopter calls in on Unicom frequency, 123.05 as noted on NY sectional chart, or a manned h elicopter is heard or observed operating in the area. There will be no UAS operations while helicopters are operating on the ramp area. I am a commercially rated helicopter pilot with over 10000 hours of incident, accident and violation free flying, and also instrument rated with A&P certificate. I am the chief pilot of Air Metro Helicopters, FAA certificate #CZQA948W. I am currently the pilot that provides utility patrols to Con Edison and Orange and R ockland utilities. This could also be useful to these utilities as when we find a Problem we can go back to structure or line and get a better view and picture of any possible problems.

Proposed reasoning for waiver:Page 3 I believe that we will be able to do comprehensive inspections of power grid without having to operate

a conventional helicopter in peoples back yards with lineman on platform exposing the lineman p ilot and peoples property at risk as well as mitiga ting the noise that people are continuously complaining about on comprehensive patrols. This will also be used to do inspections of smoke stacks and roofs, as well as possibly used to look for missing people in lake and river areas, we are located on the H udson river in Haverstraw, NY with many ponds and lakes in the area.

We would also be able to fly camera into areas after disasters to assess damage without putting people at risk of the unknown for local authorities as I am a pilot with the Rockland county Helicopter Emergency Lift Program, this could be lower and transmit pictures back to emergency services personnel. We would also like to be able to do landscape and real estate video for private owners as well as local
even ts which people were not previously able to afford using conventional aircraft.

The DJI Inspire 1 has upgradable software that can be programmed to return to base at specific altitudes as well as being able to program max distance from operator and maxim um altitude it can reach for each flight
t o ensure compliance with FAA and local regulations and laws. The Inspire 1 will be programmed to not go more than 500 meters from the operator. The Inspire 1 will always have the latest software updates before use, this shows up on the controller. Th is requested exemption would support an application for a commercial Certificate of Authorization should

a s ituation arise in which I will be requested to go above 200 feet above ground level. The FAA has recently appro ved numerous similar requests to use the DJI Inspire 1, one of which is Nicholas Brown, which is similar to my intentions.