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### Melvin T Treider

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. Mt. Vernon, TX.

75457

214-908-1579

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Re: App li c a t ion f

or Exe m pt i on Pu r su an t T o Se c ti o n 333 of the FAA Ref o r m Act of 20 1 2 f

r o m

the fo l lowin g Fe d er a l A vi at ion Re g u l a t ions ( "FAR ' s")

1 4 C FR § 2 1

, su bpa r t H

, 14 C FR §4 5 .2 3 ( b );

1 4 CF R §§ 6 1

. 2 3 ( a ) an d ( c ); 6 l .1 0 l ( c ) ( 4 ) a nd ( 5) ; 6 1

. l 1 3 ( a ) ; 6 1 .3 15 ( a );

14 CF R §§ 91. 7 (a ); 9 1 .9 (b ) (2 ) ; 91. 1 03; 91. 1 0 9 ( c ); 91. l 1 9 ( c) ; 9 1.12 1 ; 9 1 .1 5l ( a)( l );

9 1 .405( a ) ; 91.40 7 ( a ) ( 1 ) ; 9 1 .409( a )( l ) an d ( 2) and 9 1

. 41 7{ a ) an d ( b ).

Dear S i r or Mada m:

Pursu a nt to S ec t io n 333 of the FAA Mo d e r n i z ati o n and R e for m Act o f 2012 (Ref

o r m Act) a nd

14 CF R Part 1 1, M e l v in T

. T r ei d er ( "A p p li c an t" ) r e ques t s c e r t ain li m ited e x e m ptions fro m the c a

p t ion ed

FAR ' s in order to own and op e ra t e s m all U n m a n ne d A i rc r a f t S ys tem s (UAS) eq uipp ed to c on du ct

co m me r cial ae r ia l p hoto g r a ph y and v ideo g raph y and f or a er ia l d a ta co ll ec t i on

, in spe c tion o f s t ru c tu r es a nd

d o cu m e nt at i o n o f pe r sona l and re a l prop e rt y so l on g as suc h op e ra t io n s are cond u cted w i t h in t h e con d i t io ns

out l in e d h e re i n or as m a y o t h erw i se be p ro v ide d und e r FAR ' s.

T h e R e f or m Act g i v es t h e Secr e t a r y of Tran s po r t a tio n a ut h o r it y t o de te rm i n e i f certain U AS m a y ope ra t e

sa f e l y i n th e na t io n al a ir s pace s ys t e m (NAS) be f o re co m pleti o n of the FAA ' s pl a n an d ru le m a ki n g t o

in t e g rate UAS i n to the N AS

. T he R e for m Act dir e ct s t he S ec r e t ar y to co n s id e r w h ic h t yp es of UAS as a

res u l t o f t h e ir s i z e, wei g ht

, s pe e d, o p er a t i on a l c apa b i l it y

, pr o xi m it y to a i r p o r ts a nd p op ul a t e d a re as

, an d

op e ra t io n w i th i n V i su a l Li ne o f S ig ht ( V LO S ) d o n ot c r ea t e a h a z ard t o u se r s o f t h e n at ion a l a i rsp a ce o r a

thr e at to n a t i on a l se c u r it y

. I f th e S e c re t ar y d ete r m in es suc h a i r c ra f

t m a y op erate s a fe l y in the NA S t h e

Secr e t a r y "s h a ll e s ta b l is h r e qu i re m ents for th e s a fe

oper a t i on o f s u c h a i r c r a ft ."

T he gr an t in g of th i s ex e m ption re qu e s t w i ll b en e f i t re s id en ti a l a nd co mm er c ial r ea l es t a te

,

const ru ct i on, a g ric u lt u r a l a nd oth e r i ndu s t ri es b y aut h ori z in g hi g hl y co ntr o ll e d UAS op er a ti on s a t or b e l ow

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400 f e e t a bo v e g roun d le v el (AGL), w i t hi n Vi s u al L in e o f S i g ht ( V LOS ) b y th e a pp li c an t w h o ho l ds an

FAA Pri v ate P i l o t Ce r t i f

i c a te or at ti me s b y ano th e r P i lot in Co mm an d (P I C) det er mi ned b y t h e Applic ant

to be qu al i fi ed and co m

pl ia nt w i th a ll FA R' s

.

Op e r atio ns und e r th e r equ es ted exe m ptio n wo u l d b e li m i te d t o f li g ht s under VLO S, d u r i n g

da y light hou r s ove r p r iva t el y owned p r op e r t y upo n ob t ai n in g ap p r opria t e con s en t f r o m own e rs and

oth e r int e res t e d pa r ti e s

. A l l UAS equi p m en t o p e ra t e d und e r th i s ap p l i c a ti o n would weigh l es s t h an

10 pound s i n cludin g th e payl o ad

, wi ll op e r a te a t no m o r e tha n 30 kno ts an d ha v e th e ca p abil i t y to

hov e r, and mo v e ve rt i c al l y and h o ri zontally sim ultane o u sly

. I t i s anti c ipate d tha t a l l op er atio n s would

b e conduc t ed wit h th e a s s i s tan c e o f a Visu a l Ob se rv e r who by m ain t ainin g th e Su b jec t UAS in V LOS

an d by ve r b a l co mm un i cation wi l l a ss is t th e P I C to e n s ur e in t h e a r ea to b e o v er

- flown and s urr o und i n g

are a nd r e ma i n c l e a

r of i s s u es to sa fet y.

All f l i g ht ope r a t ion s c o nd u cte d u nd e r th e r equ e st e d e xe m ption s wi ll b e b y an F AA c e r t i f i ca ted

pil o t i n co n for m ance w i th a ll a p p l ica b le FAR ' s and so t hat o p er a t i on of th e Su b

j e c t UAS will n o t c r e a t e a

ha z ard to u se rs o f t h e Na ti on a l A i r spa c e S y ste m ( “ N AS"), th e pu b l i c, p rop e rt y o wners

, o r op e r a to r s. T h e

g rant o f t h is e xe m

pti on re q ues t i s in the p ub l ic i nt e r es t, wo u ld n ot c r ea t e a ha za r d to u se r s of t he N AS

or the pu b li c or pose a th r eat to na t i on a l s ecur i ty

.

T h e UAS pro p ose d to be oper a te d und e r the req u e st ed e xe m p ti on w i l l b e a DJI P hant o m 2

Vision+ ( "Su b

je c t UAS) which c a

r r ie s ne i th e r

p i l o t, pa s sen g er, f

la mm able liq u ids n or ex pl os i v e

m ateri a ls a n d i s co n tr o l l ed b y r ad i o co mm unicat i ons ov er

o n a f r e q u enc y wh i ch c o m

plies w i th r e g ula t io n s

of th e F ed e r a l Co m m

unica t ion s Com mi ssion (FCC). By ref e renc e a co p y of th e Use r Ma nu a l (V I .8) f or

th e Su b j e c t UAS i s in te n ded a s At t ac h men t "A" to th i s ap p li c a t io n and c a n b e v i e w e d online at :

htt p: // dow n load

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d o w n l o a d s / p h a n tom -2 -visi o n/ e n/P ha n t om 2 Visi

on Use r M an u a l v 1

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Gi ve n th e s i ze

, w e ig ht

, sp ee d, a nd l i m ited op e r at in g a r ea a ss o ci a te d wit h o p e r a t i o n o f th e Su b j ec t

U AS and th e r es t r ic t ed e nv ir onm e n t an d con di tio n s propo s ed, o pe r a t ion s wi l l b e at l e ast as

safe

, or sa f

er, th a n a c onv ent ion a l a i r cr a ft op e ra t i ng w i t h a n ai rw o r t h in e ss cer t i fi c a t e w i tho u t s aid

re s t r ic t io n s. The Sub

j ect U AS does not ha v e a coc kp it

, cabin

, or p i lot s ta ti o n a nd th e s i z e o f a i r c ra f t

id e n t if ic at i o n a nd r e st r i c ti o n m ar k in g s will n ec es s a r i l y b e r e duc e d to be sm a ll e r t h an th e re q u i r ed

m ini m u m

. Such m ar k in g s (e. g

. " Expe r im e ntal " and th e FAA ass i g n e d "N" nu m b er) w i l l

, howe v er, b e as

cle a rl y di s ce r nib l e as p os si ble a nd w i ll o th e rw i se co m pl y wi th F A R ' s.

F ollow in g a

r e re f er e nces t o ce r ta i n FAR ' s fo ll owed b y a br ie f ex pl ana tion of wh y oper at io n o f

the S u bj ec t UAS can n o t c o m ply wi th th e sa m e and wh y the propos e d ope r a t ions would ne v er th e l ess b e

safe a nd q ua l i f

ie d und e r S e ct i on 333:

14 CFR 21, S u bp a

rt H an d 1 4 CFR 91.7( a ): As n o a ir wort h ine s s c e r t i fi c a t e h a s b ee n i ss u ed fo r

the Su b je c t U AS th e FAA r e g ul a to r y s t and a rd f o r d e t e r mi nin g a ir w o r th in es s ha s n ot be e n m et. Howe v er

,

pr io r e x e m

ptions h a v e be e n g rant e d t o o th e r a p p l ica nt s i n te n din g t o op e r a te th e id e n t ic a l o r s ub s ta n ti a l l y

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si m il a r m od e l s o f thi s a i rc r a ft

. A s n o ted b el ow

, b y use o f ap p ro pr i at e m ain t enan c e, p r e

- fli g ht and

o p er at i o n al pr a ct i c e s i n c o nnec t ion w ith e ac h f li g ht a l e v el o f s a fet y eq u i v ale n t to c e r t i f ic a ted a i r c ra ft

wil l be a tt a i ne d

. T h e " P h a nt o m Pi l o t T ra i nin g Gu i de " pro v ided b y th e a i r c ra f t m anufa c t u re r b y re f

er e n ce

is in c orp o r a ted as A t tac hm ent " B " to t h is ap p l i ca t ion

. T he pro v i s ions th e re in w il l be inc o rp o r a ted i nto

a ll o p er at ions and so wi l l e n sure s afe o p er at ion of t he S u b j e c t UAS. T h e co m

plete pil o t t

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14 CFR 91.9 (b) (2 ) : T h e Su b j e c t UAS is not ca p ab l e of ca r r y in g a fli g ht m anual on the a i r c ra ft,

howe v er a n equi va l ent l e v el o f s a fet y w i l l b e m aint ai ned b y k eep i n g th e f l i g ht m anual a t g roun d co n t r o l

poi n t whe r e t h e P I C will h av e i m m ediate acc e ss.

14 CFR 91.1 0 3: An FAA a ppro v ed f l i g ht m anual w i ll not be p ro v ided for the Su b je c t UAS so a n

exe m ption f ro m this re g ul a tion is re q ue s ted. Nor ma l proc e du r es to be f o l lowed will in c lude b u t not be

li m ited to ; re v iew of we a t h er con d i t io n s, ph y sic a l co n di t ions at and su r roun d in g t

he i n t e n d ed f

li g ht a re a

, ba t ter y l i fe r e qu i re m ents a s rel a ted t o the l oc a ti o n of i nten d ed f l i g ht and t a k eoff and lan d in g poi n ts an d

di s tan c es. A l l su gg ested s af e t y and ope r a t ion a l p r a c ti c es a n d pr o toc o ls s et ou t in the Us e r M a nu a l

(At t ach m ent A) w i l l b e f

o l l owed.

14 C FR 9 1.1 09 : Th e Sub j e c t UAS do e s no t have fu ll y f unction a l du a l con t r o ls

. F ligh t con t r ol

i s achie v ed t h r ough th e us e o f a co n t r o l box lin k ed to the a i r c r a ft v i a radio co m m unication. A l e ve l of

saf e t y conte m

pl a ted b y thi s re g ula t ion w i ll be ac h ie v ed, howe v er, beca u se n e i t h e r a p i lot n o r pa s sen ger

will b e on the Su b

je c t UAS and b y its li m

ited s p eed, siz e and ran g e and oper a t i on o v er areas f i rst c l e ar ed

of p e rso n s on th e g round.

1 4 CF R 9 1 .121 : T h e Subj e c t UAS doe s no t hav e a b a r o m et r i c a lti m e t e r bu ts a G P S b ased

a ltitud e rea d ou t p r ovid e s a n equi v alen t o r high e r lev el o f s a f et y si n c e th e P I C r e c eiv e s li ve fligh t

da ta by r a d io t eleme t r y w hic h e n abl e s m onit o r in g an d co n f i rm in g c u r r en t a ltitud e when consi d ere d

wi t h th e ele v atio n o f launc h s i t e an d a s shown on G P S al t itude indic a tor

. T h e Su b jec t UAS wi ll not

b e op e r a te d at a n a lt i tu d e g r e a t e r tha n 400 f ee t abov e g r ound le v el

.

14 C FR 9 1 .203 ( a ) an d ( b ) : S i m i la r to 14 CF R 91. 9 ( b ) ( 2 )

, give n th e s iz e an d co n f ig u r a t ion,

th e UAS h a s no abil i ty to c a r r y c e r t i fic a te and r egi st r a t ion docu m en t s o n the a i r c r a f t

. T he r e i s n o

room, c apa c it y

, o r p ilot on bo a r d to adequat e ly stow s u ch docu m en ts

. An equ iv a len t lev e l o f s a f e t y

wil l b e ach i eved b y keeping the s e document s, t o th e ex te nt they a r e appli c ab l e t o th e UAS

, a t th e

g r oun d con t ro l poin t whe r e p i lo t h a s i mm ed i at e a cce ss to th e m.

1 4 CFR 91

. 405 ( a), 14 CFR 91.407 (a )( 1 ), 14 CFR 9 1

. 4 09 ( a )( 2 ), 14 CFR 91.417 ( a) and

(b ) : Gi v e n t h es e s e c t ion s a ppl y t o a ir c r a f

t wi t h a n a i r wort h ine s s ce r t i f i c a te the y do n o t a

ppl y to t he

Sub je c t UAS. As a nor m al safe t y pro t oc o l t h e op e r a t o r wi l l p e r f or m pre f li g ht in s pec t ion s and ens ure

UAS is in w o r k in g cond i ti o n bef o re in it ia t in g each f

l i g ht.

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I n consider at ion o f reque s ted exe m ptio n s f ro m FA R ' s. a n d i n sum m ar y

. the Appl i ca n t wou l d r e s t r i c t

oper a t i on o f t h e Su b

je c t U AS as f

o llow s:

1. Lim it the g ross w ei g ht o f t he Su b je c t UAS to le s s t h a n 1 0 pou n ds.

2. Res t ri ct t h e sp e ed of t h e Su b j e c t UAS to the l es s e r o f the m axi m u m opera t in g ai r spee d

reco mm ended b y th e m an u fa c tu re r o r I 00 m il es per ho ur.

3. T h e m axi m

u m altit u de o f o per a ti o n of th e Su b je c t UAS abo v e g r ou n d l e vel w i ll not e x ce e d 400 f eet

. 4. T h e Su b

je c t UAS wi l l be o per a ted w it h in v is u al li n e o f si g ht ( V LOS) o f th e P I C at a ll times

. 5. All ope r a t ion s w i l l u t i li z e a v isua l obs e r v er ( V O) t o a s s i st th e P I C in m ai n ta i nin g VLOS of th e Su b je c t UA S

and s it u a t ion a l aw a

re ne ss o f p o t e n tia l ha z ar d s in th e f l ig ht area

. 6. Pri o r to eac h f

li g h t t h e Ap p li c an t

o r a q ua l if

ie d a n d d es i g n a t e d P I C wil l con d uc t a p r e

- fli g ht ins p ec t io n of

the Su b j e ct UAS a n d c o n fi r m i t i s a co n d i t i on f o r s af e f l i g ht.

7. Fli g ht o p er a t i ons w i l l n o t b e cond u c t ed a t ni g ht.

8. Fli g ht o p er a t i ons w i l l be c o nduc t ed un d er Visu a l M e te orolo g i c al C o nd i t i ons ( V M C)

9. Oper a tio n s wi l l be c o ndu c ted to a l low a reserv e of a v ailab l e pow e r of f i v e ( 5 ) m inutes or the re s er ve

reco mm ended b y the m anufa c tu r er w h iche v er is g re at er

.

10. Ris k m

iti g atio n

T h e p e t i tio n er has re v iewe d FAA exe m ptions r e fe r enc e ’s 13 C o nd i ti o ns a n d Li m it a tio n s s e c t ion and b el ie ves

th a t the p roce d ur e s sp e c i fi e d the r ein a re r easo n ab l e a n d will be u t i li z ed in o rd e r t o m an a g e and m iti g ate r is k

and e n sur e pu b lic s a fet y

. A pre f li g ht chec kl is t wi l l be de v elo p ed a n d e m plo y ed to ens u re th a t t h e UA

airw o rt h in e s s wi ll b e v eri fi ed b e f o re la u nch

. Airw o r th ine s s w i l l b e m ain t ai n ed by perf o r m ance o f ro u ti n e

insp e c t io n s bef

o re e a ch f

l ig ht, m aint a in i n g fli g ht a n d m aintenan c e lo g s to r ec ord t i m e on fail u re p r on e

co m ponents.

T h e p e t i tio n er req u e s ts th a t he be a l l owed to op e r a te w i thin fi v e m iles of an a irp o r t

pro v ided th a t :

“ T h e UA m a y not op e ra t e i n c l ass B

, C, o r D a ir s pa c e witho u t w r i t te n ap p ro v al f r o m the FAA. The UA m ay

not o p er a te w it h in fi v e na u t i cal m il e s of the g eo g rap h ic cen t er o f a n on t ower e d a i r p ort as d e no t ed on a c u rre n t

FAA pub l ish e d a er o na u ti ca l c ha r t u nl e s s a l e t t e r o f a g ree m ent w it h t ha t a irp o r t ’ s m ana g e m ent i s ob t ai n ed

, and t h e o p er a t i on i s co n du c ted in a cc o rdan c e w i th a NO T AM as r eq u ir e d b y the o per a to r ’s COA. T h is l e tt e r

of a g ree m ent w i th the a i rp o rt m ana g e m ent m ust be m a de a v ai l ab l e t o t h e Ad m ini s tr a to r upon req u e s t. ”

Oper a tio n s w i th i n f

i v e m iles of a n a i rp o rt a

re n ot a n t i c ip a ted to be ro u ti n e but th e pe t i t ion e r i s r e que s t i n g a

m echanis m to fac i l i t a te s u ch ac t i v i t ies w i tho u t re q u e st i n g a new and sepa r ate e xe m ption sho u ld t h e ne ed

ar i se. Op e r a ti o ns w i t h in c l a ss B a ir s pac e a r e n o t r e que s ted d u e t o t h e a ir c r a f t ’s lac k of a m ode C t

ran s pond er.

Becau s e s af

e o p er a t i on of th e Su bj e c t UAS is so ensu r ed and be c aus e t h e abo v e op e ra t io n s a n d

exe m ption s a re re a sona b l e and s ub s ta n ti a ll y s im il a r t o th o se p re v io u sl y g ran t ed o the r s i mi lar l y s i tu a te d

app l ica n ts

, thi s r e qu es t i s i n th e pu b li c int e r es t and co m pat i bl e w it h i n te g r a ti o n o f c ivi l un m anned a i r c ra ft

s y ste m s (UAS) i n to t

he n a t i onal a i rsp a ce, a s t a te d g oa l of t h e 20 1 2 Ref o r m Act.

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