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uasolutionsgroup@uasolutionsgroup.co m April 13, 2016

U. S. Department of Transportation D ocket O perations

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Re: Summary Grant Amendment to Section 333 Petition for Exemption

pursuant to Section 333 of the Federal Aviation Administration

Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, 49 U.S.C. § 44701(f), and 14 C.F.R.

Part 11 in Petition No. 14909

Dear S ir or Madam:

Unmanned Vehicle U n iversity (UVU) filed for a Petition f or E xemption/Rulemaking,

p ursuant to Section 333 of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (FMRA) 49 U.S.C. § 44701(f), and 14 C.F.R. Part 11 , for the purposes of flight demonstration and training

. The Petition for Exempti on is Exemption

No. 14909 . Unmanned Vehicle University requests an amendment to that petition to add

the use of any aircraft identified on the List of Approved Unmanned Aerial Systems (UA S) under Section 333 at regulatory docket FAA

– 2007

– 3330 at www.regulations.gov , when weighing less than 55 pounds

Furthermore, UVU requests to amend the language in the petition to reflec t the original requested flight training, with the following justification

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T h e mission of UVU ’ s Unmanned Aircraft Sys t ems Pr og ram i s t o facilitate a nd

promote proper t raining of c r ew m e mb e r s for th e safe incorporation of UAS int o the National Airspace System (NAS). UVU uses extensive prior experience operating and maintaining

UAS to conduc t flights w ithin th e NAS a nd t o es t ab li sh opera ti o na l g uid elines, policies, and procedures

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With proper b ackground ex perienc e and pr actices a lr eady in place , UVU w ill ensure

pr o p e r UAS training is prov id ed to ope rator s of th e next gene r at i on of UAS to e n s u r e a

sa fe env ir o nment t o the general pub li c a n d othe r user s of the NAS.

With the ever expanding UAS commercial indu s tr y , UVU ’ s incorporates a similar flight sch ool training program to that of a Part 141 school to train UAS crewmembers. This training provides th em w ith significan t hand s on fli g ht training in addition to UVU ’ s current academic UAS program. UVU believes it i s in the public 's best int e r e s t t o provide UAS opera t or s wi th rea l wo rld fli g ht expe r i ence in preparation for a ca r ee r in th e

comme rcial UAS industry and enhance safety within the NAS.

Thi s amendment to UVU ’ s original E xemption No. 14909 will p ermit UVU to safe l yUASolutions Group, Inc. www.uasolutionsgroup.com

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uasolutionsgroup@uasolutionsgroup.co m opera t e s UAS under controlled co nditi o n s in the NAS for the purposes of flight training. The FAA has already set precedence to this request b y the a pproval of Exemption No. 13465 for the purposes of flight training

. Ap pr ova l of this amendment will enhance safe t y and fulfill th e Sec r e t a ry of T ran s portation ' s ( th e FAA Administrator ' s) responsibili ti es t o

es tablish requirements for the safe operation of s uch a ir craft sys t e m s in th e NAS

c ons i ste nt w ith Sec tion 333(c) of t h e R efor m Act.

UVU is requesting a Summary Grant amendment to their previously submitted petition . The FAA has already granted Exemption No. 13465 to Kansas State University for their program analogous to UVU and all the additional aircraft re quested in this amendment have been previously approved by the FAA

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Please contact the undersigned should you have any question concerning this request for a Summary Grant a mendment

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