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# INSPECTION GROUP

FIG Services LLC d/b/a FOX INSPECTION GROUP

11227 Endicott Lane Houston, TX 77035 (Office) 713.723

- 3330 (Email) office@foxinspectiongroup.com

TREC Inspectors # 1718, 3648, 6389, 7248, 9378, 10503, 10524, 10533

, 20283, 20378, 20531

, 20719, 20754, 20975, 20976, 20994, 21225, 21238, 21463 SBCCI Registered Building Inspector #5939 SBCCI Registered Mechanical Inspector # 1739 Exterior Design Institute (EDI) TX

- 111, TX

- 116, TX

- 119 ICC Building Inspectors # 1052678

- B5, #5294898

- B5 State of Texas Registered Code Enforcement Officer # CE1858 ICC Residential Combination Inspectors # 1052678

- R5, #5294898

- R5 ICC Residential Building Inspectors # 5167093

- B1, #5294898

- B1 ICC Mechanical Inspectors # 1052678

- M5, #5294898

- M5, 5230842

- M1 Texas Department of Insurance VIP Certifica te #20110061 045 SBCCI Registered One & Two Family Dwelling Code Certified Inspector #1863 & #2185

ITC Certified Level 1 Infrare d Thermographers #8661, #8662, #8692, #8693, #8694, #26034, #26504, #26505

August 26, 2015

U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket Operations West Building Ground Floor, Room w12

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

Attn: Bill Crozier, Assistant Manager, UAS Integration Office, AFS

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From: Gordon Fox / Fox Inspection Group ( M obile ) ( 832 ) 279

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Re: Exemption Request Pursuant to Section 333 of the FAA Reform Act and Part 11

of the Federal Aviation Regulations from: 14 CFR 21 subpart H; 14 CFR 45.23(b); 14 CFR 61.113(a) and (b); 14 CFR 91.7(a); 14 CFR 91.9(b)(2); 14 CFR 91.103; 14 CFR 91.109; 14 CFR 91.119(c); 14 CFR 91.121; 14 CFR 91.151(a); 14 CFR 91.203 (a) and (b); 14 CFR 91.405 (a); 14 CFR 91.407 (a) (1) 14 CFR 91.409 (a)(1) and (2); 14 CFR 91.417(a) and (b)

Mr. Crozier, I am the owner / operator of a multi inspector real estate inspection firm in the greater

Houston area. As inspector s of new and existing residential properties for the home buying public as well as current homeowners, we often encounter situations where we

cannot physically access and inspect the roof due to excessive height or undue risk / fall

hazard to my employees

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Homebuyers want to know the condition of the roof prior to purchase

. The local area is also prone to extreme weather which can cause damage to a homeowners roof that is hard to detect from the ground. Roofing contractors are frequently not available for ladder / on roof inspections, as well as pose a potential conflict of interest to the parties involved.

Aerial inspections completed by commercially available off the shelf drone s within a time frame of 15 minutes will provide valuable information to the consumer who is normally making one of the largest financial decisions of their life.Page 3 of 3

This exemption request is for the use of commercially available, off

- the

- shelf drones,

such as the UAS phantom 3 manufactured by DJI

. please find the link to the DJI

Phantom 3 UAS Manual below which outlines the operating requirements, limitations, and technical specificati ons for the DJI Phantom 3

. http://www.dji.com/product/phantom

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- standard/download

We will always fly it in visual line of sight and below 200 feet of elevation. Such flights will be conducted during daytime Visual Flight Rule s (VFR) conditions, and operate within visual line of sight (VLOS) of the pilots, and stay the required distances away from airports or heliports as follows: 5 nautical miles (NM) from an airport having an operational control tower; or it is 3 NM

from an a irport with a published instrument flight procedure, but not an operational

tower; or 2 NM from an airport without a published instrument flight procedure or an operational tower; or 2 NM from a heliport with a published instrument flight procedure.

Spect ators will not be allowed and a property buyer or owner wanting to observe the inspection will be placed 20 feet behind the operator for safe observation. As the launch

operator, my employees will be responsible for ensuring the safe conduct of the launch and for ensuring public safety and the safety of property at all times during the conduct of such a permitted launch.

Thank you for your consideration and I look forward to your timely response.

Respectfully

Gordon G. Fox

Texas Real Estate Commission Professional Inspector License Number 1718

11227 Endicott Ln. Houston, TX 77035

– 3032

Email: Gordon@foxinspectiongroup.com