Date: Dec 1 8 th

, 2015

U. S . D e p a r t m e n t o f T r a n spor t a t i on

Do c k e t M a n a g e m ent S y s tem

1200 N e w J e rs e y Av e

., S E

Wa shi n g ton, DC 20590

R e : P e tit i on of Aerial Media Pros , LLC for an E x e m p t ion P u rsu a nt to S ec t i on 3 3 3 of the F AA

Mod e rni z at ion a nd Re f

o r m A c t of 2 012

To W h o m i t M a y Con c e r n:

P u r suant to S ec t i on 333 of the F A A Mod e rn i z at ion a nd Re f o r m A c t of 2 0 1 2 ( " R e f

o r m A c t " ) a nd 1 4 C. F

. R.

P a rt 1 1, Aerial Media Pros (AMP) h e r e b y a ppl i e s for a n e x e mp t ion f r o m the Fe d e r a l A

v i ation R e gula t i o ns

( " F AR s " ) id e n t i fied b e low t o al l ow c o m m e r c ial op e r a t i on of s m all u n m a n n e d ae r i a l veh i c les ( i

. e

. , " s m all

unm a nn e d a ircr a f

t " or " U A S " ) for the p u rpose o f conduc t in g Aerial Media Pros UAS American made

product sales and performance demonstrations of flight capabilities in close t

- set filming, videography,

v id e o monitoring , data collection a n d inspe c ti o n services for the market segments of but not limited to ;

aerial residential, commercial and industrial real estate

, agriculture

, livest ock management, marine

resource mana gement, m apping, survey ing , search and rescue and education

.

This pet i tion for e x e m p t i on addresses pertinent F AA F A R s and CFR s , as w e ll a s but not li m i t ed to

t h ese accompanying AMP docu m ent s ;

1. F l i g ht O p e r a t i ons Man u a l and;

2. Op e r a t i ons Man ua ls

(c oll e ct i v e l y r e f

e rre d to as Op e r a t i o ns Man ua ls " )

3. U s e r G uide and;

4. U s e r M a nu a l

(c oll e ct i v e l y r e f

e r r e d to a s " M a nu f

a c tu r e r ' s Ma nu a l " )

. 1

AMP su b m i t s th e s e a s w e ll a s o t h e r AMP s u pporting m a te ri a ls a s c o n fid e nt i a l docu me nts pur s u a nt

t o 14 C. F .R. § 11.35 ( b )

, a s the m a te rials cont a in co nfid e nt i a l c o m m e r c ial an d/or p r o p ri e t a r y info r m a t i on

that the AMP h a s not a nd will not sh a re with o t h e rs. A d d i t io n al l y

, t h e se do c u m e nts c ontain op e r at i ng

co ndi t io n s and p r o ce du r es that ar e not g e n e r a l l y a va i l ab le t o t h e publ i c a nd a re pr o t ec t e d fr o m r e le a s e und e r

the F r e e d o m of I

n f or m at i on A c t, 5 U. S

. C

. §552 e t s e q.

___________________ 1 The t er m " Man u f

ac tu r e r ' s Man ua l" a lso inc l u d e s a ll r e le va n t m anu f ac t u r e r p ubli ca tio n s

, in c lud i n g , but not

l i m i ted to: o p e r a t i o n s a n d f li g h t ma n u a ls

, u s e r g u i d e s

, c o m p o n e n t m a i n t e nan c e ma n u a l s

, pilo t tr a i n i ng

m an u a ls, s e rv ic e info r m a t i on l et t e rs a nd, s af e t y /se r vi c e b u l l e tins).U. S . D e p a r t m e n t o f T r a n spor t a ti on

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T h is P et i t i o n is o r g a n i z e d a s follows:

I. P e ti t io n e r

II. D e s cr i p t i on of P r o p os e d O p er a t i o n s

A. UAS Demonstratio ns, V id e o Filming and Monitoring , Data Capture a n d Inspe c ti o n

Services

II I

. R e levant S t a t u to r y A u t h o r ity

IV. AMP P r o p osed U A S O p e r a t io n s Me e t t h e R e qu i r e m e n ts o f S ec ti o n 333 of t h e R e f o r m A c t

A. App r ov a l i s W a rra nted B a s e d on the U A S ' s S i z e

, We i g ht, S p e e d, a nd Op e r a t i on a l C a p a b i l i t y

B. App r ov a l i s W a rra nted B a s e d on the O p e r a t i o na l R e strictions S e t F o r th i n the Op e r a t i ons

Man u a l s

V. R e g u la t i on s F r o m W h i c h Ex e m p tion i s Requested

A. 14 C. F

. R. P a rt 21, S u bp a rt H

– A i r w o r th i n es s C e r t if i c a tes a nd 14 C. F .R. § 91.203 (a ) ( 1 ) B

.

14 C. F

. R. P a rt 27 A ir w o r th i n es s S tan d a rds: Nor m al C a te g o r y Roto rc r a ft

C.14 C. F

. R. §§ 91.9 (c ), 4 5

. 23(b) a nd 45.27 ( a ): A i r c r a ft M a rki n g a nd I d e n t i f

i cat i on Requi r e m e nts D.

14 C. F

. R. § 91.405 (a ), 9 1.407 (a ) ( 1 ), 91

. 409(a) ( 1) a nd ( 2 ); 9 1.417 ( a ) a nd ( b ) : M a i n ten a n c e

I nsp e c t i ons

E. 14 C. F .R. P a rt 61, 14 C. F .R. § 61.3, 14 C. F .R. § 61.113: P riv a te P i l o t P r i v i l e g e s a nd L imi t a t i o n s

F . 14 C. F

. R. § 91.7 (a ): C i vil A i r c r a ft A i r wo r thin e ss

G. 14 C. F

. R. § 91.9 ( b ) (2 ) : C i v i l Air cr a ft F l i g ht Man u a l i n the A ir c r a ft a nd 14 C. F .R. § 91.20 3 (a )

a nd ( b ) : C a

r r y i n g Civil Air c raft Ce r

t i f i cat i on an d R e g is t r a t ion

H. 14 C. F

. R. § 91.103: Pr e fli g ht A c tion

I . 14 C. F .R. § 91.109 (a ): F l i g ht I n stru c t i on

J . 14 C. F .R. § 91.11 9 ( c ) : M i n i m u m S af e Alt i tudes

K. 14 C. F

. R. § 91.121: A l t im e t e r Se t tin g s

L

. 1 4 C. F .R. § 91.151 (a ): F u el R e qui r e m ents for F l i g ht i n V F R Cond i t io n s

VI. D r u g a n d Al c o h ol P r o g r a m

VII. P ub l i c I n t e re s t

VIII. P r iv a c y

IX. F e d e r al R e gi s t e r S u mm a r y

X. Concl u sionU. S . D e p a r t m e n t o f T r a n spor t a ti on

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I. D E SCRI P T I O N O F P ET I T I O NER

Aerial Media Pros , LLC is based in Costa Mesa, CA and is the manufacture of the most advanced highly

safe and stable All weather UAS the Acquire aircraft

. Aerial Media Pros are the manufactures of a high

quality and robust, all weather UA S aircraft in the world and will be used for hundreds of UAS applications

globally. The company provide s electronic systems

, product support, repair and product and systems

education and flight training

. The Acquire ’s level of performance and dependency is unrivaled by any other

UAS product produced and sold domestically or imported. The Acquire is an entirely new class of UAS , it

is a complete commercial aircraft with factory product support and simulation and live training program s.

Aerial Media Pros is educating an entirely new class of UAS aircraft pilots, 2 nd to none of those Acquire

pilots and crew that wil l be on the front lines of commercial and industrial endeavors globally

.

Acquirer’s sales, education, service and distribution centers throughout the United States and the world

provide flight demonstrations

, flight and product training, Acquire aircraft sales and business operations ;

( training

, leasing and finance ) and provide a full line of Acquire aircraft systems ’

, sensors and electronics

sales and support, large scale data management services and service Acquire aircraft and products.

As part of Aerial Media Pros Acquire aircraft operations it provide s clients with service teams using

Acquire aircraft, sensor arrays, calibration equipment and other implements needed for each client’s

important mission. Through Aerial Media Pros ’ educational programs

, the company train s public and

private operators

, service administrators , repair and maintenance

, and application specialists on the many

uses of the Acquire aircraft and its systems

. The company provide s technical services such as coordinate

data streaming, api and sdk software activities and provide post production video and data file applications

. Additionally, the company will assist with strat egic business and technical consulting for the interpretation

of information and data as necessary for its clients.

The c ont a c t i n f

o r m a t i on fo r Pe t i t io ne r is a s f o l l o w s:

Patrick Smith

Aerial Media Pros , LLC.

3175 Airway Ave

Costa Mesa, CA 92626

P hon e : (888) 557

- 6791

E m ai l : patrick@aerialmediapros.com

II. D E SCRI P T I O N O F P R O P O S E D O P E RAT I O N

Aerial Media Pros , LLC s e e ks an e x e m p t ion pu r s u a nt t o S e c t i on 333 of the Re f orm A c t t o op e r a te the UAS

Acquire aircraft , DJI Phantom 1, 2, 3 Inspire 1, S 800, 900, 1000 also known as, ( AMP

- UAS ) and other

types of UAS that maybe added to this document through the FAA’s amendment process f o r the p r opos e d

op e r a t i o n s d is c us s e d b e l o w. A ll U AS ope ra t i o n s will oc c ur und e r t i g ht l y c on t roll e d c ond i t i o ns on pri v a te

p rop e r t y w h e re AMP h a s r e c e i v ed p e r m is s i o n t o op e r a te f r o m t he lando w n e r, c ont r o l l e r o r a uth o r iz e d

r e p re s e ntativ e s

. T he pro p osed U AS op e r a tions will be c ondu c ted in a cc o r d a n c e with t h e c onditions and

li m i ta t i o ns of this P e t i t i on fo r E x e m p t ion and AMP ’s Op e r a t i ons M an u a ls. As d e tailed i n AMP ’s

Op e r a t i ons Man u a ls, a l l U A S op e r a t i ons will be l i m i ted t o d a y t i m e V F R c ondition s

, with i n v i su a l l i n e

- o f

s i g ht ( " V L OS " ) o f the op e r a to r

, in unc o n t r o l l e d a i r sp a c e

, an d will o ccu r a t l eas t 5 nm a w a y from a n a irp o r t

. Mo re ov e r, AMP ’s O p e r a t i ons Man u a ls inc o rpor a te r e dund a nt s a f e g u a rds to a ssu r e that t he a ir c r a ft d o e s not

t r a v e l ou t s ide t h e c ont r o l l e d a r e a o f U AS op e r a tions, in c lu d ing G P S "ge o

- f e n c i ng" t e c hno l o g ies.

A. UAS Demonstrations, V id e o Filming and Monitoring , Data Capture a n d Inspe c ti o n ServicesU. S . D e p a r t m e n t o f T r a n spor t a ti on

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AMP s e e ks to use s m a ll U A S s for the p u rpose of c ondu c ti n g an array of UAS services including; UAS v id e o

monitoring and p r o d uc t i o n, data capture a n d inspe c ti o n services

. AMP h a s t ai l o re d its op e r a t i o n s to mee t t he

re qui r e m ents e st a b l ish e d b y t h e F A A in p r i o r g ran ts of e x e m p t i ons a utho r i z ing c o m m e r c ial use o f U AS i n an

array of industry sectors inc l u d i n g :

 UASolutions Group, Inc. ( Exemption No. 12337)

 Eagle Eye Aeronautical Imaging LLC ( Exemption No. 12337 )

 Flight Vent ures Ltd ( Exemption No. 12284)

 A e ro c ine, L L C ( E x e mp t ion No. 11150)

 T e am 5, L L C ( E x e m

p t ion No. 11158)

 Al a n D. Purwin (E x e m p t ion No. 11 1 61)

 H e l i n e t Aviation S e rv i c e s

, LL C ( E x e mp t ion No. 11160)

 P ic t ure F a ct o r y

, I n c

. ( E x e m p t ion No. 1117 8 )

 Dronai r So l ut i ons ( Ex em pt i on No. 11671 )

 Windshear Media LLC ( Exemption No. 12029)

AMP ’s UAS op e r a t i o ns will be c o nduct e d on p r i v a te p r o p e r t y in a c o n t r ol l e d a re a

, a w a y fr o m sp ec ta t ors

a nd p e r s ons n o t i n v o l v e d in t h e operations

. U AS operations will be co ndu c ted d u ri n g d a y l i g h t hour s , V F R

c onditions, a t altitudes b e low 40 0 ' AG L

. As s e t fo r th below, AMP ’s UAS op e r a t i o ns pro v i d e a sup e r i or l e v e l

of sa f e t y and quality c o m pa r e d to p e r f or m i n g the s a m e wo r k using c onv e n t i on a l f i x e d

- wing a i r c ra f

t or

h e l icop te rs.

A MP s e e ks to use s m a ll U A S s for the p u rpose of c ondu c ti n g videography, v id e o monitoring, data capture a n d

inspe c ti o n services for the market segments of but not limited to ; AMP

- UAS sales performance demonstrations

for but not limited to fields such as; clos e

- set filming, video capture, data collection, residential, commercial

and industrial real estate , livestock management, marine resource management, agriculture, mapping,

surveying, search and rescue and education

. T r a d i t ional m ethods of v id e o monitoring a nd p r o d uc t i o n, data

capture a n d inspe c ti o n services

, e x pose video photographers, scientists , engineers and inspecto r s to h i g her r isks

of se r ious i nj u r ies

, o r d e ath

. In the segments identified herein where traditional methods are employed, video

photographe rs, scientists , engineers and inspecto r s are placed in precarious many times life and death situations

,

when required to climb roof tops

, p e r f orm e l e v a ted w o r k on towers, wind turbines, generator sets, etc, defy ing

the challenges of nature that e x poses t h e m t o da n g e rous f a l l s, electrocution and o t her e x tre m e risks

. I n a d d i t ion,

d e p e nding on p r o x i m i t y to heavy e quip me nt and o th e r h a z a rds a ss o ci a t e d w i th i n dustrial si t e s and c onstru c t i on

f a c ilities

, the risks taken are many times greater in some cases than th e value of the work performed. The use o f

sm a ll U A S s m i t i g a tes th e se risks, bypass ing many ha z a rds a nd are u l t i ma t e l y a m uch s a f e r and more efficient

me thod o f p e r f

o r m ing t h e s e and o t h e r market segment tasks

.

S m all UAS v id e o monitoring and p r o d uc t i o n, dat a capture a n d inspe c ti o n services are s af e r th a n

t r a d i t io na l m ann e d a ir c r a ft p e r f o r m ing the s a m e fun c t i on. Conv e nt i on a l op e rat i ons us i ng r o to r c r af t a nd fi x e d

wing ai r c r a ft i n low le v e l op e r a t i o ns p r e s en t immitigable r isks a ssoc i a ted w i t h v eh ic l e s w e i g hi n g t h ous a nds of

po u nds

, c a r r y

i n g passengers and l a r ge a m oun t s of f u e l. I t is i m por t a nt t o note t ha t t he use o f s m a ll UAS in t his

a re a will n o t o n l y be sa f

e r a nd m o r e c ost e f

f e c t i v e , but t he qu a li t y of co l l e c t e d video, d a t a an d in f o r m at i on is

f a r more su p eri o r

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S m all UAS v id e o monitoring and p r o d uc t i o n, data capture a n d inspe c ti o n services are m ore r el i a b l e,

a nd a l l o w f

o r t he c o l l ec t i on, d is s em i n a t i on, a nd sto r a g e o f visu a l a nd other s e nso r y d a ta w i t h gr ea t e r p r ec i s io n

a nd du ra t i on. S m all UASs a r e a lso ca p a ble o f a c ce s s in g a nd insp e c t ing are a s that w o u ld o t h e r w ise be

in a c c es s i b le to hu m a ns or cann o t be co m ple t ed with c o n v e nt i on a l ai r c r a ft o r ot h er means.

III. R ELE V ANT ST AT U T O RY AUT H O RI T Y

This P e ti t i o n fo r E x e mp t i on is sub m i t ted pu r su a nt t o S ect i on 333 ( a ) t h ro u gh ( c ) of t h e F AA

Mod e rni z at ion a nd R ef

o r m A c t of 2 012 ( " R e f

o r m A c t " ). Co n g r e ss h a s di r e c ted the F AA " to s a f e l y

a c ce l e r a te t h e i n t e g r at i on of c iv i l u nma n n e d a ir c r a ft s y st e m s i nto t he n at ion a l airsp a c e s y s te m

. " P u r suant to

S e c t i on 333 of the Re f

orm A c t, t he F AA Ad m in i st r a tor i s t o p e r m it u n m ann e d a ircr a f t s y st e m s t o op e r a te

in t he N at i o n a l Air Sp a c e (" N AS " ) wh e re it is s a fe to do so b a s e d on the f ol l owi n g consid e r a t i o n s:

● The U A S ' s si z e , w e i g ht, spe e d a nd op e r a t i on a l ca p a b i l i t y ;

● Op e r a t i on of the U A S in c l ose prox im i t y to a i r p o r t s a nd po p ulat e d a r e a s; a n d

● Op e r a t i on of the U A S with i n t h e vi s ua l line of sight of the op e r a to r

.

Addi t i on a l l y , the FAA A d m i ni s tr a tor h a s ge ne r a l auth o ri t y to g r a nt e x e m p t ions f r om t he a g e n c y ' s

s a f e t y r e g u lations a nd m i ni m u m s t a nd a rds w h e n the A d m i ni s tr a tor d e c ides a r e q u es ted e x e mp t ion i s in t h e

publ i c i n t e r e st. See 49 U. S

. C . § 106( f ) ( d e fini n g t h e a u t h o ri t y of the Ad m i n i str a t o r ) ; 4 9 U. S .C. § 4 470 1 (f)

( p e r m i t t ing e x e mp t ions f

r o m §§ 44 7 0 1 (a ), ( b ) a n d §§ 44702

– 447 16, e t se q

. ). A p a r t y r e qu e s t in g a n

e x e m p t ion m ust e x p l a in the r e a so n s w h y the e x e m p t ion: ( 1) would b e n e fit the pub l i c a s a w ho l e

, a nd ( 2 )

would not adv e rs e l y af

f ec t s a f e t y (o r how it would prov i d e a le v e l of s a f e t y a t l ea st e q u a l t o the e x i s ting

r ule s )

. S e e 14 C. F .R. § 11.81 ( p e titions for e x em p t ion )

.

IV. AMP ’ S P R O P O SE D U AS OP E RAT I O NS M EE T T H E R E QUIR E ME N T S O F SE CTI O N 333

O F T HE R E F ORM ACT

The s m all U A S op e r a t i ons p r opos e d b y AMP in this P et i t ion for E x em p t i on qu al i fy f o r e x p e dit e d

a ppro va l purs u a nt to S ect i on 333 of t h e Re f orm A c t a s e a c h of t h e s t a t u t ory c rite r i a an d r e le v a nt f a c to r s a re

s at i sfi e d.

A. Ap p r oval i s Wa rr a n t e d Based on t h e U A S 's S i z e , W e ig h t, S p ee d , a n d O p er a t io n a l

Ca p a b i l ity

A G r a nt of E x e m

p t ion i s ap p rop r ia t e for op e r a t io n s c o n du c te d usi n g t h e U A S s due t o its s i z e w ei g ht,

s pe e d, a nd op e r a t i o na l ca p ab il i t y

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 T he UASs h a ve b ee n a ppro ve d for u s e in pr i or S ect ion 333 G ra nts of

E x e m p t ion f r om t he F A A

. 2

 The UASs w ei g h l e ss t ha n 5 5 pounds, in c lu d i ng p a y load.

 The UASs will not b e f lown a t a g r o u nd speed i n e x ce ss of 50 knots.

 Al t i tu d e i n f

o r m at i on wi l l be g e n e r at ed b y e quip m e nt onbo a r d the U A a s s p ec ified u sing

G P S t r ia n g u l at i o n , di g i t a l l y enc o d e d b a ro m e t r ic a lt i m e te r

, rad io a l t i me te r , or a n y

c o m b i n a t i on the r e o f . This i n f o rm at i on w i l l be t ra ns m i t t e d to t he p i l o t v i a tel e m et r ic d a ta

f e e d.

 The U A S s will h a ve s y st e m r e dund a n c ies a nd in d e p e nd e nt f u n c t i on al i t y to e ns u re t h e ov e r a ll

s a f e t y a n d p r e d ic t a

bi l i t y of the s y st e m

. I f c onn e ct i on to t he re m ote c ont r ol o r g round c ont r ol

st ation is l ost, f

ai l s af e s y st e m s wi l l p e r m i t t he U A S to r e tu r n to a p r e d e t e r m in e d loc a t i on a nd

s afe l y l a nd without i n

j u r y o r d am a g e

.

 The ra dio f

r e qu e n c ies u s e d for op e r a t i ons a nd c o n t r ol of the UA S c o mp l y with t he

Fed e r a l Co mm uni c a t i ons C o m mis s ion ( " F CC " ) a n d other a ppro p r i at e g ov e rn m ent

ov e rs i g ht a g e n c y re qu i r em ent s

. The op er a t in g f r e qu e n c y for t he AMP

- UAS is 2.4

G H z

.

I f the s a m e o p e r a t i ons w e re c ond u c ted u s i n g a h e l i c o p t e r

, t h e a i r c raf t ' s tak e

- o f f w e i g ht would l i ke l y

e x cee d 6,0 0 0 pounds ca r

rying a p i l ot, ca m era oper a tor a nd V O

- visu a l obs e rve r

- navig a t o r

. The

dif f e r e n c e in w e i g ht be t w e e n the AMP

- UAS a nd a h e li c opt e r si g nific a nt l y r e d uce s t h e potential h a rm

to t he p a r t icip a t i ng a nd n o n

- p a rtic i p a t i ng in d i vi d uals o r pro p e r t y in t he e v e nt o f a n a c c ident or

i n ci de n t. I

n a ddition, t he r isk t o t he o nbo a rd p i l o t a nd ca m e r a op e r a t o r i s e l i m ina t e d.

2 S e e e .g

., G r a nt of E x e m p t ion t o S h o tover C a m era S y st e m s L

. P

. ( E x e m p t ion No. 11159 ) ; G ra nt of

E x e m p t ion t o V D O S G l ob a l, LL C ( E x e mp t ion No. 11112 ) ; Gr a nt of E x e mp t ion t o L ow Count r y R C

, Corp. ( E x e mp t ion No. 11184 ) ; G ra nt of E x e m p t ion t o Al a n P u r win ( E x e m p t ion No. 11161 ) ;

Gr a nt of E x e mp t ion t o H e l i n e t Aviation S e rv i c e s ( E x e m p t i on No. 11160 ) ; Gr a nt of E x e mp t ion t o Total

S af e ty U. S

., I n c

. ( E x e mp t ion No. 11 1 56 )

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B. Ap p r oval i s Wa rr a n t e d B a s e d on t h e Op er a t i o n al R e st r i c t io n s S e t F orth in AMP ’s

O p er a t io n s M a nu a l s

AMP ’s O p e r a t i ons M a nu a l s an d the M a nuf ac tu r e r ' s Man u a l f

o r t he sel e c t e d U A S s will c o n tain all the

p r o c e d u res and l i m i ta t ions n ecess a r y to s a f e l y a nd s u cces s ful l y p e r f

o r m t h e op e r a t i ons sp e c i f i e d in t h i s

P e t i t i on f o r E x e m p t io n

. To a s s i s t t h e F AA in m a king a saf e t y a sse s s m ent of AMP ’s p ropos e d op e r at i ons,

b e low is a s u m m a r y of op e r a t ional l i m i ta t ions a nd c onditio n s that AMP will a dh e re to, and w h i c h wi l l

e nsure a n e q u i v al e n t o r hi g h e r l e v e l of s af e t y to op e r at i ons c o n d u c ted un d e r c u rr e nt r e g u l a t o r y g ui d el i n e s:

1. The AMP

- UAS w e i g hs l e ss t h a n 55 poun d s, ful l y load e d

.

2. All op e rat i o ns shall b e c o ndu c ted ov e r p ri va te or c ont r o l l e d

- a c ce ss p r o p e r t y with p e rmiss i on f r om t he

land o w n e r/ c on t roll e r o r a u t h o ri z e d r e p re s en tative. P e r m is s ion f r om l a nd own e r/ c ont r o l l e r or a utho r i z e d

r e p r e s e ntati v e w i l l be ob t ai n e d for e a c h fl i g ht o p e r a t i on.

3. All UA S s o p e r a ted und e r t h e G r a nt of E x e mp t ion wi l l be id e nt i f i e d b y s e rial nu m be r

, r e g i s t e r e d in

a cc o r d a n c e with 14 C F R p a r t 47, and h a ve identif ic a t i on ( N

- Nu m b e r) m a r ki n g s in a c c o r d a n c e w i th

14 C F R p a rt 45, Subp a rt C. M a r kin g s will be a s la r g e a s p r a ct i c ab le.

4. Min i m u m c re w f

or e ac h fli g ht op e r a t i on will c o n si s t of a p i l o t, who will b e P i l o t

- in C o m m a nd

( " P I C " ) o f the U A S

, a n d one o r m o r e Visu a l O b s e rvers ( " O b s e rv e r " ) a s n e c e s s a r y to saf e l y c o nd uc t t he

m i ss i on.

5. P I Cs shall p oss e ss at l e a s t a Sport P i lo t ' s C e r t i f ic a te a nd c u rre nt C lass I I I M e d i c a l C e r t ifi c a t e or a

v alid state driver’s license . The P I C w ill a lso mee t the f l i g ht r ev i e w re qu i r em ents sp e c i f ied in 14 C .F .R

61

. 56 in an a ir c r a ft i n which the P I C is r a ted on his or h e r pi l ot c e rtifi ca te.

6. The UA sha l l be o p e r a t e d with i n V L OS of the P IC a nd Obs e rver a t al l t i me s. The P I C m ust use

h u m an vi s i o n u n a ided b y a n y d e v i c e other t h a n c o r r e ct i ve l e n s e s, as sp e c i f ied on the P I C ' s F AA

- is s u e d

m ed ic a l c e rtific a te.

7. The P I C a nd Obs e r v e r desi g n a t e d for a n y o p e r a t i o n will be ab le to c o mm u ni c a te v e rb a l l y a t all

t i me s.

8. Ele c t r o n ic m es sa g i n g or t e x t i ng will not be pe r m i t t e d du r ing fl i g ht o p e r a ti o ns.

9. The a ddi t ional re qu i r e m e nts i d e n t i f i e d in t he G ra n t of E x e mp t ion sha l l be a dd e d to t he AMP ’s

O p e r a ti o ns Man ua l s.U. S . D e p a r t m e n t o f T r a n spor t a ti on

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The Op e r a t i ons Man ua l s will be m ain t ai n e d a nd m ade a v a i l a ble t o the A d m in i str a tor upon re q u es t.

I f a dis c r e p a n c y e x i s t s b et w ee n the co ndi t io n s and l i m i ta t io n s in the G r a nt of E x e mp t ion a nd

AMP ’s Op e r a t i ons Man u a l s, t h e c onditions and li m i tatio n s in t he G r a nt of E x em p t ion sh a ll t a ke

pr e ce d e n c e a n d m ust be f ol l ow e d. Oth e r w is e

, AMP sha l l follow the p r o ce du r e s outl i n e d in t h e ir

O p e r a t i ons Man ua ls.

10. AMP m a y u pd a t e or r evis e i t s O p e ra tio ns M a n u a ls

. R e vision s w il l b e t r a c k e d an d a r e vi s e d

c o p y of the M a n u a l w il l be p r ovi d e d to th e A d m i n ist r a to r up o n re q u e st

. AMP w il l a ls o p re s en t a n

u pd a t e d an d r e vis e d O p e r a tion s M a n u a l s i f i t p e tit i on s f o r e x tensio n o r a m en d men t t o it s G ra n t of

E x e m pti o n

. I f a n up d a t e or r e vis i on would af f ec t t he b as is u p on whi c h t h e F A A g ra nts t he

e x e m p t ion, AMP will s e e k a n a m e nd m ent t o its Gr a nt of Exe m p t ion. AMP will c o n t a c t t h e F A A ’s

U AS I nt e g r a t i on O ff

i c e ( A F S

- 80) i f q u e s t i ons a rise r eg a rd i n g u p da tes or rev isions to the op e r a t i ng

do c u m e nts.

11. AMP ’ s O p e ra t i o n s M a n u a l s a nd it s G r a n t o f E x e m pti o n w il l be a v a i l a

bl e to th e

P I C a t t he g r o un d c on t r o l st a tio n a n y t i m e t h e U A S is op e ra ti n g

.

12. The P I

C is prohib i ted f

r o m be g inn in g a U A S f

l i g ht un l e ss ( c on s id er i ng wind a nd fo re ca st

w ea th e r c o n di t io n s) t h e r e is e n o u g h po w e r t o f l y to t he f i rst in t e nd e d point of l a nding, and

a ssu m ing n o r m a l c r uis i ng spe e d, to f l y a f t e r t h a t for a t l eas t 10 m i nut es

.

13. Ma x i m u m to t a l fl i g ht t i m e f or e ac h o p e r a t i o n a l fl i g ht u si n g the AMP

- UAS will be l i m i ted t o

40 m i nutes or t he a m ount of ti m e the U A S ca n be flo w n a nd s t i ll m ain t a in a res e rve b a tt er y po w e r

of no le s s than 2 5 % , whi c h e v e r oc c u r s fi r s t

.

14. F l i g hts w i l l be o p e r a ted at an al ti t ude of no m ore t h a n 4 00 f ee t A G L a nd w i ll n e v e r e n t e r

n a v i g a b l e c o nt r o l l e d a ir s p a c e without pr i o r w ri t ten a utho r i z at ion a nd a ppr ova l f r o m t he F A A. I n

the e v e nt t he s tr u c tu r e b e ing ins p e c ted e x cee ds 400 f e e t A G L

, t h e U A S will not be ope r a ted m o re

th a n 100 f

ee t ab o v e the h i g h e st po i nt on t he s t r u c tu r e

, a n d no m o r e than 50 f e e t h o r i z o n tal l y fr om

t he s t ruct u r e

.

15. F l i g ht op e r a t i ons m ust be c ondu c ted a t l e a st 500 f e e t f r o m all non p a rt i c ipa t i ng p e rsons.

(persons oth e r t h a n t h e P I C, V O, op e r a t o r t r a i n e e s o r e s se nt i a l pe r so n ne l ), v e s s els, v e hic l e s, a nd

st r u c tu r e s unl e ss:

a) B a r ri e rs o r s t r u c tu r e s a re p re s e nt t h a t suf f ic i e n t l y p ro t e c t nonpa rt i ci p at i ng p e rsons f rom

t he U A a n d /or de b r is i n the e v e nt of a n a c c ident. The op e r a tor m ust e ns u r e t h at

nonp a rt i c i p at i ng p e rsons rem ain un d e r s u c h p r ot e ct i o n. I f a si t u at ion a ris e s wh e re

nonpar t icipat i ng p e rsons l e a ve such pr ot e ct i on an d a re wit h i n 500 f ee t of the U A

, f

l i g h t

op e ra t i ons m ust c ea se im m ed i a te l y a nd/or;U. S . D e p a r t m e n t o f T r a n spor t a ti on

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b ) The a ircr a ft is op e r a ted n ea r v e s s e ls, veh i c les or s t ru c tu r e s w h e re t h e own e r/ c on t roll e r o f su c h

v e sse l s, v eh icl e s or s tr u c t u r e s has g r a nted p e r m is s ion and t he P I C h a s m ade a s af e t y a s s e ss me nt

of the r isk of op e r a t in g c los e r to t ho s e obj e c ts a n d d e t e r m in e d that it do e s not pr e s e nt an undue

h a z a rd, a nd;

c) Op e r a t i ons n e a rer to t h e P I C, V O

, o p e r a t o r t r a i n e e s or es sential p e rsons d o not p r e s en t an

undue h a z a rd to those p e rsons p e r § 91.119 (a ).

16. The UA m a y n ot be o p e r a ted l e ss t ha n 500 f e e t b e low or le s s th a n 2,000 f e e t ho riz o n ta l l y f

r o m a

c loud or w h e n vis i b i l i t y is l e ss t h a n t h ree s t a t u t e nm f r o m the P I

C.

17. The UA m a y not op e r a t e wit h i n 5 n m of a n a i rpo r t re f e r e n c e point a s de n o t e d on a curr e nt F A A

pu bl i s hed a e ron a

u t i c a l c h a rt u nle s s a let t er of a g r e e m ent wi t h that a i rpo r t ’ s m an a g e m ent i s obta in e d, an d

the o pe r a t i o n is c ondu c ted i n a c c o r d a n c e with a N O T A M as r e qu i r e d b y t h e AMP C O A. The l et t e r of

a g r ee m ent with the a i rpo r t m a n a g e m ent will be m ade a v a i l ab le to the A d m i ni s t r a t o r upon r e q ue st.

18. P r i or to e ac h fl i g ht t h e P IC sh a ll i n s p e c t t h e U A S to co n f i r m t h a t it i s in a c ondition sa f e f or fl i g ht.

The pr e

- fli g h t i n sp e ct i on will acc ount for a ll d is c re p a n c ie s

, e .g. i n op e r ab le com ponent s , i t e m s, or

e quip me nt, not a lre a d y c o ve r e d in t h e r e le v a nt s e c tions of the op e r a ti n g d o c u m ent s

. The P I C s h al l n o t

op e r a te the U A S if the i n spe c t i on r e v e a ls a c o n dit i on that a f f e c ts t he safe op e r a t i on of the U AS un t il th e

n ece s s a r y m a in t en a n c e h a s be e n p e r f o r m ed a nd th e U A S is found to be i n a c ond i tion for sa f e f l i g ht. The

g r ound c ont r ol s t a ti o n shall be i n clu d e d in the preflight in s p e c t i on. All ma in t e n a n c e a nd al t e r n at i ons must

be p r op e r l y do c u m e n t e d in t he UA S r e c o r ds a s r e qui r e d b y AMP ’s Op e r a t i ons Man ua l s

.

19. AMP will c a rr y o u t its ma in t e n a n ce , ins pe c t i o ns, a nd r e c o rd k e e ping r e qui r e m ents in a cc o r d a n c e

with t he O p e r a t i ons Ma n u a ls. M a i n t e n a n ce

, inspe c t i on, a nd a l t e r at i ons will be n o t e d in t he U A S r e c o r ds,

in c lu d i n g to t a l ti m e in s e rv i c e

, de s c r i p t i on of wo r k a c com p l ish e d, an d the s i g n a t u r e of the a uth o riz e d

p e rson r e tu r ni n g the U A S to s e r vi c e

.

20. A n y U A S t hat h a s un d e r g one m a in t e n a n c e o r a l t e r a t i ons that af f ec t t h e U A S op e r a t i on or f l i g ht

c har a c t er i s t ics ( e .g

., r e p l ac e m e n t of a fl i g ht c ri t i c a l c o m p on e nt) m u st und e r g o a fun c t io na l te s t fl i g ht in

a cc o r d a n c e with AMP ’s O p e r a t ions Man ua ls. The P I C who c ondu c ts the fun c t i o na l te s t fli g ht m ust m ake

a n e nt r y i n th e U A S a ir c raft r e c o rds of the fli g ht. The r e qu i r e m en t s a n d p r o c edu r e s f o r a f u n c tio n a l t est

fl i g ht a nd U A S r e c o r d e nt r y sha l l b e includ e d in t h e AMP ’s O p e r a t i ons Man ua l s

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21. The U A S will be op e r at e d a nd m ain t ai n e d a ccord i ng to t he M a n u f a c tu r e r ' s Man ua ls a n d a n y

r e quir e d m a nu f

ac tu r e r S af

e t y / Se rvi c e B ul l et i ns.

22. P r i or to t he op e r a t i on, a Mi s s i on P a c k e t w i ll be c r ea ted in a c c o r d a n c e w i th t he r e q u i r em ents

on AMP ’s Op e r a t i ons Manu a ls.

23. AMP will obtain a n A i r T r a ffic O r gan i z a t i o n ( " AT O ") i ss u e d Ce rt i f i c a te of Wa iver or

A utho riz a t i o n, oth e r wise known a s a CO A , prior to cond uc t i n g a n y op e r a t i ons und e r t h is G ra n t of

E x e m p t ion. A N O T A M will be is s u ed a s re q u i r e d b y the CO A

. All op e r a t i o n s will b e c ondu c ted

in acc o r d a n c e with a i r s p a c e r e qui r e m ents in t h e A T O is s u e d C OA in c lud i n g c l a ss of a irsp a ce

,

al t i t u de l e v e l a nd p o tential t r a n s pond e r re qu i r e m ent s

.

24. All r e qu i r e d p e r m is s ions and p e r m i t s will be o b tain e d fr o m t e r r i t o r i a l, s t a t e

, c oun t y o r c i t y

j u risd i ct i o n s , inc l u d ing l o c a l l a w e n f or c e m e nt, fire or ot h e r a

ppro p ri a te g o v e rn me nt a l ag e n c ie s

.

25. I f the U AS l oses c o mm u ni c at i on with t he p i l ot, it will h a ve t h e ca p a b i l i t y t o r e tu r n to a p r e

d e t e r m in e d l oc a t i on w i t h i n the o p e r a t i on a l a r e a an d land s a f e l y

.

26. Cont i n g e n c y plans w ill b e in p l a c e to s a f e l y te rm i n a te f

l i g ht i f t h e re is a lo s s of

c ommuni c a t i on b e tw ee n the P I C a nd the Obs e rv e r

.

27. The U A S will h a ve the c a p a bil i t y to sa f e l y a bort fl i g ht i n the ca se o f u np redic t e d o b st ac les

or e m e r g e n c ie s

.

28. P I Cs and Obs e rv e rs wi l l h a ve a t l e a st a c u r r e n t C l ass II I Me d i ca l C e rtifi c a te.

29. P r i or to co n du c t i ng o p e r at i ons for f il m i n g , the P I

C will h a ve a c c u m u l a ted a nd log g e d, in a

m a nn e r c on s is t en t wi t h 1 4 C F R § 61.51 ( b ) , a m i ni m u m of 200 f l i g ht c y cles a nd 25 h o u rs t o tal

t i m e a s a U AS ro t o r cr a f

t p i l ot and a t l ea s t 10 hou r s log g e d a s a U AS p i lot w i th a s i m i l a r U AS

t y p e

.

30. P r i or to co n du c t i ng o p e rat i on s for f il m i n g , the P I

C will h a ve a c c u m u l a ted a nd log g e d, in a

m a nn e r c on s is t en t wi t h 1 4 C F R § 61.51 ( b ) , a m i ni m u m of 5 4 C F R §61.5 1 ( b ) , a m i nim u m of 10

logged hours a s U A S pi l ot op e r at i ng the ma ke a nd m odel of U A S to be ut i li z e d for op e r a t i o n s

u n d e r the e x e mp t i o n and t h irt y ta k e

- o f f s a nd th i rty landi n g in t h e pr ec e ding 90 d a y s.U. S . D e p a r t m e n t o f T r a n spor t a ti on

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31. Op e r a t i ons shall o c c u r du r ing d a y ti m e V F R M ete o ro lo g i c a l C ondi t ions; f l i g hts und e r

Sp ec i a l V i s u al F l i g h t Ru le s ( " SV F R") sh a ll n o t be c ondu c ted.

32. The UA sh a l l r e m ain c l e a r a nd y ie l d the r i g ht of w a y to all o th e r ma nn e d op e r a t i o n s a nd

a ct i v i t ies a t all t i me s (in c lu d in g

, b u t not l i m i ted to, u l t r a l i g h t v e hic l e s, p ar ac hute a c t i vi t ie s , p a r a s ai l i n g

ac t i v itie s , h a ng g l i ders, e tc

. )

.

33. U A S Op e r a t i ons unde r Instr u m ent F l i g ht R ule s

, at n i g ht, o r b e y ond V L OS a re p r o h ib i ted.

34. The U A s w i ll not be op e r a ted f rom an e le v a ted pl a tfo r m or m ov i ng d e v i c e / v e hicl e

.

35. B ef

o re c on d u c t i ng o p e r a t i ons, the r a dio f re q u e n c y spe c t r um used f o r op e r at i on a n d c ont r ol of the

U A w i l l c o m

p l y with t h e F e d e r a l C o m m uni c a t i o n s Co m m i ss i on ( F CC) or other a ppr o p r i a te g o v e rn me nt

ov e rsi g ht age n c y r e qu i r e m e nts.

V. R E G ULAT I O NS F R OM W H ICH E X EM P TI O N IS R E QUES T E D

The Fe d e r a l Aviat i on Act e x p ress l y g r a nts t he F A A the a uth ori t y to i ssue e x e mp t ions. This

st a t u t o r y a u t hor i t y

, b y i t s t e r m s, i n c l u des e x e mp t i n g c iv i l air c r a ft, a s t he t er m i s de f ined un d e r § 40101 of

the A c t , inc l uding U A Ss , f r o m i t s s a f

e t y r e g u l at i o ns a nd m i ni m u m s t a nd a rds wh e n the A d m i ni s t r a t o r

d ec ides a r e qu e s t e d e x e m p t ion i s in t he pub l i c i n t e r e st

. 3

AMP s e e ks an e x e mp t ion f r om sev e r a l i nter

r e la t e d pr o visions of T i t le 14 of the Code of Fe d e r a l

Re g ul a tions ( "14 C

. F .R " ) Pa r ts 21, 4 5, 61 a nd 91 f or pu rp o s e s o f c ondu c t in g the r e q ue st e d o p e r a t ions u s i ng

a U A S

. L

i st e d b e low a r e : ( 1) the s p e c ific s e c ti o n s of 14 C

. F

. R f or whi c h e x e mp t ion is sou g ht, and ( 2) the

op e r a t in g p r o ce du r e s a n d s a f e g u a r d s that P e tit i o n e r h a s e stabli s hed whi c h will e n sure a le v e l of s a f e t y

b e tt e r t h a n o r e qu a l t o t h e r u l e s f r om which e x emp t ion i s sou g ht

. 4



### ____________ _____________ 3 49 U. S

. C . § 44701 (f

) (a u thori z ing t h e g ra nt of e x e m p t ions f r o m r e qui r em e n ts of r e g ulations p resc rib e d

p u rsu a nt t o Se c t i o n s 4 4 701( a ) a nd (b) a nd S ect ions 44702

- 44716 )

.

4 14 C. F .R § 11.8 1 (e ), w h ich re qu i r e s a p e tit i on fo r e x e mp t ion t o inclu d e:

The r e a sons w h y gr a nt i n g the e x e mp t ion would not a dv e rs e l y a f f e c t s af e t y

, or how the e x e mp t ion would

p r ovide a lev e l o f s a f

e t y a t that p r ov i ded b y t h e rule f rom w h ich y ou s ee k e x e m p t ion.U. S . D e p a r t m e n t o f T r a n spor t a ti on

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U N MAN N ED A I R C R A FT SYSTEM

A. 14 C. F

. R. P a r t 21, Subp a r t H

– A ir w o r th in e ss C er tific a t e s a n d 14 C

. F

. R. § 91.2 0 3 ( a ) (1)

The F A A has s t a ted th a t no e x e mp t ion i s ne e d e d fr om t his s ect i on if a f inding is ma de u nd e r

t he R ef or m A c t t h a t t he U A S sel ec ted p r ov i d e s an e q uiva l en t l e v e l of sa f e t y w h e n c o mp a re d to

a i r c r a ft no r m a l l y u s ed f

o r t he s a m e a ppl i ca tion. Th e se c r i te r i a a re m e t, and t h er e f o r e no e x e m p t ion

i s ne e d e d

. 5 I f, ho w e v e r, th e F AA d e te r m i n e s th a t t h e re are some c h a r a c te ris t ics of the c h o s e n U A S

that f a il to mee t the re qui r e m e n t s of the R ef o r m A c t, an e x e m p t ion is r e qu e sted.

Eq u iva l e n t Le v e l of Sa

f e ty

AMP ’s u se o f the AMP

- UAS i s sa f e w h e n taki n g into acc ount t h eir s i z e , w e i g ht, s p e e d, a nd

op e r a t i on a l c a p ab i l i t y

. A s set f o r th i n the d e s c r i p t i on of pro p osed op e r a t i o n s in S ec t i on I V ( A), the

AMP

- UAS w e i g hs l e ss th a n 55 pou n ds, in c lud i ng p a y load a n d will n o t be f lown a t a g r ound sp ee d

i n e x ce ss of 50 knots. U A S is a lso e quipped w ith s a f e t y f e a tu r e s that will allow P e t i t i on e r t o op e r a te

t h e U A S saf

e l y a f t e r e x p er i e n c e c er t a in i n

- fli g h t conti n g e n c ies or f a i l u res

. 6 7

5 S e e G r a nt o f E x e m

p t ion No. 11062 to Ast r a e us A e r i a l ( F A A

- 201 4

- 0352 a t p g s. 1 3

- 1 4, 2 2 ).

6 S e e e .g

., G r a nt o f Exemption No. 12337 to UA Solutions Group, Inc. ( FAA

– 2015

– 0433 a t p g . 5 ):

" The DJI S1000 h a ve the ca p a bi l i t y to op e r a te s a f

e l y a f t e r e x p er i enc i n g ce rta i n i n

- fli g ht

c ont i n g e n c ies o r f

ai l u re s a nd uses a n a ut o

- p i l o t s y st e m to m ain t a i n U A S stabil i t y a nd c ont r ol. The

U A S is a lso a ble to r e spond to a l o ss of g lobal pos i t i o n ing s y stem ( G P S ) or a lo s t

- l i nk e v e nt w i th a

p r e

- c o o r dinat e d, p re dic t ab le, a u t o m a t e d fli g ht m an e u v e r, a nd m a nu a l fl i g ht co nt r ol fu n c t i o n a l i t y a s a

b a c kup. Th e s e s af

e t y f e a tu r e s p ro vide a n e q u i v a l e nt le v e l of s a f e t y c o m pa re d to a m ann e d a ir c r a ft

p e r f o rm in g a si m i l a r ope r a t i on."

7 S e e e .g

., G r a nt of E x e m p t ion No. 11184 to VD O S Glob a l, LLC. ( F A A

- 2 0 1 4

- 03 8 2 a t p g s. 4

- 5) :

T he DJI S1000 can be op e r a ted e n t i r e ly by a tou c h

- s cr e en, m ap

- based i n te r f ace. This m eans t he

ope r ator only needs t o c omm and the sys t em where t o go, and the syst e m does all the f l ying for the

op e rator. The DJI S1000 can be op e ra t ed in bo t h se m i and ful l y autono m o u s flight m odes, wi t h the

op e rator si m ply c l icking on a map to create a pr e

- p lanned f l i ght path for a flight. In addition, t he

operator c a n cre a te no fly zon e s or m ax i m u m flight ran ges a nd alti t udes so the syst e m cannot ent e r

ar e a s

{foo t no t e c o nt i nued}U. S . D e p a r t m e n t o f T r a n spor t a ti on

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Addit i on a l l y , the U ASs c a r r y n ei t h e r pi l ots nor passen g e rs, c arr y no e x plo s ive ma te r ials or fl amm a ble

l i qu i d fu e ls, a nd op e r a t e e x c lus i v e l y w i t hin t he pa r am e t e rs st a t e d in AMP ' s Op e r a ti ons Ma n u a ls.

Op e r a t i ons c ond u c ted un d e r t h i s e x e mpt i on will b e c los e l y c ont r o l l e d an d m on i to r e d b y the

op e r a tor a nd will be c o n du c ted i n com p l ia n c e w i th l o c a l public s af e t y r eq ui r e m ent s

, t o p r ovide s e c u r i t y

f o r t he a r e a of o p e r a t i on. AMP will a lso p rovide the F A A w i t h a dv a nce no t i c e of a ll op e r at i o n s via

N O T AMs a s r e qu i r e d b y the a pp l i c a ble CO A

. In a ll ca s e s, o p e r a t i on of the AMP

- UAS Phantom II and a

S1000+ und e r t he p r o p osed c on d i t io n s will b e a t l eas t as s a fe a s, or s a f e r t h a n, c o n v e nt i on a l r o t o r c r a ft

o p e r a t in g with a n a i r wo r th i n e ss c e rtifi c a t e

.

L a st l y , the U A S s do n o t n e e d a m e a ns to c ommuni c a te w i t h other a i r c r a ft o r A TC, b eca use t h o s e

ca p a b i l i t ies w i l l be po s se ssed b y t h e P I C a nd Obs e r v e r, w ho a re not onb o a rd t h e U A S. 8 I n a dd i t i o n, no

s e ns e

- a n d

- a void t ec hn ol o g y is n e ces sa r y for the U A S s b eca u se t h e y wi l l be op e r a t e d a t all ti me s in V F R

c onditions and w i th i n V L OS of the P I C a n d Op e r a to r

. 9

B

. 14 C. F

. R. P a r t 2 7 Ai r w o r th in e ss S tan d a r d s: N o r m al Ca te g o r y Ro t o r c r a f t

Ti t le 14 C. F .R. P a rt 27 s e ts f o r th t h e pro c e d u r a l r equi r e m ents for a i r wo r t h i n e ss ce rtific a t i on of nor ma l

ca t e g o r y ro t o r c r a ft. To the e x tent that AMP ' s s m a ll U A S s would othe r w is e r e q u i re c e rtifi c at i on und e r Pa r t

2 7, P e t i t i on e r s ee ks an e x e mp t ion f r o m P a rt 2 7 ' s a i r wo r t h i n es s s t a ndards f or the s a m e r ea sons i d en t ified in

t h e re qu e st f

o r e x e m p t ion f r o m 14 C. F .R. P a rt 21, Subp a rt H, supra

.

{ c ont i nu e d from pre v io u s pag e }

d ee m ed un sa f

e or un n ec e ss a r y to f

l y o v e r. The p e t i t i on e r stat e s f u r ther t h a t the U A S h a s bui l t

- in i n t e lli g e nt

f a ult h a nd l i n g whi c h a l l o ws the Phantom II to d e t ec t a s y st e m f a ult while in t h e a i r a n d a uto ma t i ca l l y f l y

b ac k to i t s tak e off lo c a tion a nd land. Fa ul t s t h at c a n be d et e ct e d includ e : l o s s of c o m m u ni c a t i o n ;

e x cee ding pr e

- s e t wind thr e shold s ; and low b a tte r y l e v e ls.

“ All fl i g ht o p e r a t i o n s ar e g lobal p o sit i oning s y s t e m ( G PS ) c ont r o l l e d, m a king t h e s y stem e a s y to

n a v i ga te. At a n y point i f t h e o p e r a t or is not e x pl i c it l y c o m m a nding the s y st e m t o m ove, the s y st e m

a uto ma t i ca l l y holds i t s G P S pos i t ion. The fli g h t c ont r o l s y s t e m e m p l o y s n ot o n l y G P S posi t i on i ng but a

v a ri e t y of s e nsors i n c l u d i ng son a r

, b a ro me tr i c p re ssu r e

, te m p e r a tu r e

, wind speed a nd oth e r s to e nsure

st a b i l i ty s o l o ng a s wind th r e s h o lds a r e not e x cee d e d. Also a fl i g ht t e r m in a tion l i nk

– to p re v e nt a ' f l y a w a y '

or other p o t ent i a l l y d a n g e rous s i t u a tion

– is a v ai l a ble t o the op e r a t o r

. "

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C. 14 C. F

. R. §§ 91.9 ( c ), 4 5

. 23(b) and 45.27 ( a): A i r c r a f t M a r k i n g a n d I d e n tific a t ion

R e q u ir eme n ts

AMP seeks an e x e m

p t ion f r om t he a ircr a ft m a r k ing a nd identifi c a t i on r e q uir e m ents c onta i n e d in 14

C. F .R. § § 9 1.9 (c ), 45

. 2 3 ( b ) a nd 4 5. 2 7 (a ).

● 14 C. F .R. § 91.9 (c ), C iv i l Air c r a f t F l i g ht M a nu a l, M ar k i ng a nd P la c ard re q u i r em ent s

,

p r o v i d es th a t:

No p e rson m a y op e r a te a U. S

. - re g i s t e r e d c iv i l a i rc r a ft unless that a ir c r a ft is

i de n t i fi e d in a cc o r d a nce with Pa rt 45 of th i s ch a p t e r

.

● 14 C. F .R. § 45.23 ( b )

, M a rk i n g s o f t h e Airc r af t, st a tes:

Wh e n m a r ks inc l u d e on l y the Ro m a n c a p i t a l let t e r " N " a nd t h e re g i s t r at ion n u m ber is

d i spl a y e d on l i m i ted, res tric t e d o r li g h t

- sport cat e g o r y a i r c raft or e x p e ri m e n tal or

p r o v i s i o n a l l y c e rtifi ca ted a i r c raf t

, t h e op e r a tor m u st a lso dis p l a y o n t h at a ir c ra f t n ea r e a c h

e n t r a n c e to t h e c a

bin, c o c kp i t , or pi l o t s ta t i o n, in let t e r s not less t ha n two inc h e s nor m o r e

th a n six i n ch e s h i g h, the w o r ds " l i m i ted," " r e st r ic t e d

, " " l i g h t

- s p o rt, " Expe ri m en ta l ," or

" p rovisional

, " a s a p p l i ca b l e.

● 14 C. F .R. § 45.27 (a ), Ro t o r c raf t , st at e s:

E ac h o p e r a t o r of a ro t o rcr a f t m ust dis p l a y on that r oto r c raft hor iz o n tal l y o n both su r f a ce s

o f the c a bin, fus el a g e

, boo m

, o r t a i l the m a r ks r e qui r e d b y § 45

. 23.

I n a pr e v i o u s G r a nt of E x e m p t ion, t h e F AA d e t e r m i n e d that e x e mp t ion f r o m t h e se

r e q ui r e m ents w a s w a r

ra n ted p r ovided th a t t he ai r c r a f t " h a ve i d e nt i f

i cat i on ( N

- Numb e r )

m a rk i n g s in a cc o r d a n c e with 14 C

. F .R P a rt 45, Subp a rt C i f t he m a r ki n g s a re a s la r ge a s

p r act i c ab le

. " 10

Eq u iva l e n t Le v e l of Sa

f e ty

All U A f lo w n b y AMP will b ea r N

- n u m b e r ma r kin g s th a t a re a s l a r g e a s pr a ct i c a b l e

in acc o r d a n c e with 14 C

. F

. R. P a rt 45, Subp a rt C. 11

__ _ _____ __ ______ _ _____ _ _______ _ _____ _ __ _

10 F AA D o c k e t No. F AA

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, e .g., F AA D o c k e t N o. F AA

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D. 14 C. F

. R. § 91.405 ( a )

, 9 1.407 ( a ) (1 )

, 91.40 9 (a ) (1) a n d ( 2 ) ; 91 .4 17(a) a n d ( b ): M ain t e n a n c e

I n s p ec t i ons

AMP s e e ks an e x e mp t ion f r om t he m ain t e n a n c e insp e c t i o n r e qui r e m ents c on t ai n e d in 14 C. F .R.

§ 91.405 (a ), 9 1.407 (a ) ( 1 ), 9 1. 409(a ) ( 2 ) ; 91.417 ( a ) a n d (b )

. T h e s e r e g u l ations sp e c i f y m ain t en a n c e a nd

ins p ect i on s t a nd a rds in r e f e r e n c e to 14 C

. F .R. P a rt 43. S ee

, e .g., 14 C. F

. R. § 91.405 (a ) ( stati n g t h at e a c h

own e r o r op e r a tor of a n a ir c r a ft " sh a ll h a ve t h e a ircr a ft insp e c ted a s p res c rib e d in su b p a rt E o f t h is pa r t

and sh a ll b e t w e e n r e qu i r e d i n sp ec t i o n s that h a ve disc r epa n c i e s r e p ai r e d a s p r e s c rib e d in p a rt 4 3 of th i s

c h a pt e r " ) . An e x e mp t i o n fr o m t h e se r e g ulatio n s is n ee d e d b eca u s e P a rt 43 a nd the s e se c t i o n s o n l y a p p l y to

a i rcr a ft with an ai r w o r th i n e ss c e r tifi c a te, whi c h the U AS t o be op e r a ted und e r t h is g r a nt of e x e m p t ion wi l l

not h a v e

.

Eq u iva l e n t Le v e l of Sa

f e ty

An e quiva l e nt l e v e l of sa f e t y will be ac hi e v e d be c a use ma in t e n a n c e a nd i n s p ect i ons will be

p e r f o r m e d i n a c c o r da n c e with t he M an u f ac tu r e r ' s Man u a l a nd a n y r e q u i r e d m anu f a c tu re r S af

e t y o r S e r vi c e

B ul l et i ns. F u r th e r

, a s r e qui r e d b y AMP ’s O p e r a t i ons M an ua l s, the P I C w i l l c on d u c t a p r e

- f

l i g ht i nspe c t i on

o f the U AS a nd a ll a ssoc ia ted e quip me nt t o acc o u nt f o r a ll d isc re p a n c ies a nd/or ino p er a ble c o mpon ent s

.

M a i n te n anc e will be p e r f o r m e d a nd v e r i f

i e d to a ddr e ss a n y c ondi t io n s p o t e n t i al l y a f fec t in g s a f

e o p e r a t ion

of the U AS and no fli g hts will o c c ur un l ess, a nd unti l

, al l f l i g h t c r itic a l co m pon e nts of t he U A S h a ve b ee n

f ou nd to be a i r wo r t h y a nd in a co nd i t ion s a f e f o r o p e r a t i o n. A f

u n c t i on a l t es t fl i g h t w i l l b e c ondu c t e d

f ol l owing the r e pl ac e m ent of a n y fli g h t

- c riti c a l co m pon e nts. As r e qui r e d b y AMP ’s O p e r a t i ons Man u a l s,

the P I C w ho c ond u c ts t he f u n c t i on a l t e st fl i g ht w i l l ma ke a n e nt r y in t h e UAS a ir c r a ft r e c o r ds of t h e fl i g ht.

AMP ’s O p e r a t i ons M a nu a l also in c ludes req u i r e m ents t o follow the m a n u f ac tu r e r ’ s U A S

a ir c r a ft/co m pon e nt, m ain t en a n ce , o v e rh a ul, r e p lace m e nt, i nspe c t i on, a nd l i f e l i m i t r e q ui r e m ents f

o r t he

f ol l owing a ppl i c a ble com p o n e nts: p ow e rt r a in s y st e m (pow e rp l a nt )

, pr op e l l e rs, a vio n i c s a nd c on t rol

su r f a c e s (includ in g a il e rons/ e levons )

, st ruc t u r e s & a ir f r a m e, ca m e r a s y s t em , e l ect r i c a l s y st e m s (i n c l u d in g

b a tt e ri e s), g round c on t rol st a tion, haz a rd ac c e ss o ri e s, and s p a r e p a rts. F u r t h e r

, AMP ’s O p e r a t ions

Manu a l s a lso i n c lu d es pr o c e dur e s to do c u m ent and m ain t ain a r e c o r d o f t he U A S m a i n t e n a nc e

,

pr e v e ntative ma i nte n a n c e

, al t e r a t i on s , and s t a tus of re pl ac em ent / o v e rh a u l co m pon e nt p a rts, a nd t he to t a l

t i m e in s e r v i c e of the U A S s us e d und e r t h i s G ra nt of E x e mp t ion. As a whol e , the ma in t e n an c e an d

ins p ect io n p r oce du r e s r e qu i r e d in AMP ’s Oper a t i o n s Ma nua l s e nsure t h a t an e qui v a l e nt o r h i g h e r l e v e l of

s af e t y will be ac h i ev e d.U. S . D e p a r t m e n t o f T r a n spor t a ti on

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P I L O T

- I N

- C O MM AND O F T H E UAS

E

. 14 C. F

. R. § 61.113: P r i vate P i l ot P r ivile g e s a n d Li m ita t i o n s

AMP s e e ks e x e mp t ion f

r o m 14 C F R § 61.113, w h ich re st r ic t s p r i v a t e pi l ot c e rtifi c a te

ho l de r s fr o m f

l y i n g a i r c r a ft f

or c o m p e nsa t i o n or h i r e

, an d would a lso r e qu i re a se c ond c la s s

m ed i ca l ce rtifi ca te.

T h e pur p o se of Pa rt 61 is t o e ns u re t h a t t he skill and c o m pe t e n c y of a n y P I C m a t c h e s the a ir s p ac e i n

whi c h the P I C w ill be o p e r a t in g

, a s w e ll a s re quir i ng c e r t ifi c at i ons if t he p r ivate p i l ot i s c a rr y i n g

p a sse n g e rs o r c a r g o for hi r e

. I n t h i s c a s e

, while the U A S s will be o p e r a ted a s pa r t of a c o m m e rc ial

op e r a t i on, i t c a rr i e s nei t h e r p as s e n g e rs n o r c a r g o.

I n t h e G r a n t of E x e m p t ion t o Ast r aeu s A e ri a l. 12

, th e F AA d e t e rmined t h a t the unique

ch a r a c t e ri stics of U AS o p e r a t i on outsi d e of c on t rol le d a i r sp a c e did not w ar r a nt t he a dd i tion co s t a nd

r e stric tions a t t e nd an t wi t h r e qu i ri n g a the P I C to ha v e a C o m m e rc ial P i l ot C e rtifi c a te a nd C l a ss II

M e d i c a l C e r t ifi c a te. T he ful f i l l me nt of the a ddi t i o nal re q u ir e m ents for a p ri v a te pi l o t t o b ec o m e

qu a li f i e d a s a c om m e r c ial pilot would not l ea d to a n y ad di t io n al s af e t y b e n e fits wh e n U A S op e r a t i o n s

a r e invo l v e d.

Eq u iva len t Le v e l of Sa

f e ty

The AMP re strict i ons h a ve p l ace d on i t s U A S o p e r a t i ons m ee t or e x c ee d t he r e strictions

s i m il a r l y i m posed on Ast r ae us A e ri a l. AMP w i ll op e r a te on p r i v a t e pro p er t y a w a y fr o m p e rsons a nd

p ro p e r t y n o t invo l v e d in the op e r a t i o n

. AMP will a lso obta i n a n A T O issued C O A p r i or to condu c t in g

a n y o p e r a t i ons und e r t h is G ra nt of E x em p t ion. All op e r a t i ons will be c on d u c ted i n a c c o r d a n c e w i th

a i r spa c e r e qu i r e m e n ts i n the A TO i ss u e d C O A in c lud i ng c l a ss of a i r sp a c e

, a l ti t ude lev e l a n d p o te n t i a l

tr a nsp o nd e r r e q u i r em ent s

. A N O TA M will also be is s u e d a s r e q ui r e d b y t h e a ppl i cab l e C O A

.

I n a ddition to the s e f

l i g h t res triction s

, AMP will f u r t h er en s u re s a f

e o p e rat i on b y r e qui r i n g

that a n y P I C be t h orou g h l y v e rs e d not o n l y in a i r sp a c e a nd c o m m un i cat i on issu e s p e rt a ining to al l

ai r c r a ft o p e r a t o rs b u t a l so in t he u nique a sp e c ts of U A S f l i g ht. As set f

o r t h in t h e O p e r a t i ons

Man u a ls, pilots will h a ve e x p e r i e n c e not o n l y in U AS ope r a t i ons g e ner a l l y b u t h av e l o g g e d fl i g ht

t i m e in t h e spe c ific m a k e a nd m odel u s e d for the o pe r a t io n s b ef o r e th e y a re p e r m i t t e d to p a r t i c ipa t e i n

c o mme r c ial fl i g hts on b e h a lf of AMP

. T h e p i l ot qua l ifi ca t i on, t r a in i n g

, a nd c u rr e n c y req u i r e m ents in

the O p e r a t i o ns Manu a ls ensu r e t h a t AMP pi l o t s ar e c o m pe t e nt and p r o f i c ient in t he U A S th e y a re

o p e r at i n g

. AMP ’s t r a i n i n g a nd qu a l i f i c a t i on r e qui r e m ents a re c on s istent with th o se c onta in e d in p r i o r

F AA Se c t i on 3 33 G ra nts of E x e m p t io n

, a nd will p r ov ide a h i g h e r le v e l of c o m pe t e n c y an d

pro f ic i e n c y for i t s pilo t s and w i ll e nsure a t le a st an e qu i va l e nt l e v e l of sa f e t y

.

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O P E RAT I NG P AR AM ET E RS O F T H E UAS

F

. 14 C. F

. R. § 91.7 ( a ) : C i vil Ai rcra f t A i r wo r th i n e ss

A l th o u g h th e re wi l l be n o a i r wo r t h i ne ss c e rtif i c a te issu e d f

or the Aquire

, AMP s e ek s a n

e x e mp t ion f

r om 14 C

. F

. R. § 91.7 (a ), whi c h r e q u i r e s that a c i v i l aircr a f t be in a i r wo r t h y c ondition to be

op e r a ted. T he F A A h a s s t a ted th a t n o e x e mp t ion i s r e q u i r e d f or 14 C. F .R. § 91.7 (a ) t o the e x tent that

the re qui r e m e n t s of P a rt 21 a re w a ived or found inappl ic ab l e. 13 A cc o r di n g l y

, P e t i t i on e r r e qu e sts t h at

t he re qui r e m e nts for § 91.7 ( a ) be t r e a t e d in a cc o rd a n c e with S ect i on V ( A )

, supra.

G

. 14 C. F

. R. § 91.9 ( b ) ( 2): Civil Ai rc r a f t F l i ght Ma nu al i n t h e Ai rcr a f t and 14

C. F

. R. § 91.20 3 ( a) a n d ( b ): Ca rr y i n g Civil Ai r c r a f t C ert ific a t i on a n d R e gis t r a t i o n

Ti t le 14 C. F .R. § 91.9 ( b ) (2) a nd § 91

. 203 ( a ) a nd (b) re quire t h e op e r a t o r t o carr y

a ir w o r th i n e ss docu m e nts a nd other ai r c raft ma nu a l s onbo a rd t he a i r c raft. Pursu a nt t o 14 C. F .R. §

91

. 9 ( b ) (2 ) :

... (2) F o r w h i ch a n Airplane or Roto r c r a ft F l i g ht M a nu a l i s r e qui r e d b y § 21

. 5 of th i s ch a pt e r

,

un l ess th e r e is a vai l a ble i n the a ircr a f t a c u r r e nt ap p r o v e d Airp l a ne o r Rotor c r a f t F l i g ht M a n ua l,

ap p r ov e d m a n u a l m a te r ia l

, m a r ki n g s, a nd pl a c a rds, or a n y c o m b i n a t i on th e r e o f

.

P u r suant to 14 C

. F .R. § 91.203 (a ) a n d (b ) :

( a ) E x c e pt a s p r ovided i n § 91.715, no p e rson m a y op e r a te a c ivil a ir c r af t u n le s s it h a s with i n it

t he f ol l owin g :

(1) An a p p ro pr iate a nd c u rr e nt a i r w o r t h i n e ss c e rtifi c a te...

(b) No p e rson m a y o p e r a te a c i v i l ai r c r af t u n l e ss the a ir w o rt h i n e ss c e r t ific a te r e qui r e d b y

p a ra g ra ph ( a) of th i s s ect i on or a s p e c ial fli g ht au th o r iz a t i on i ssued un d e r § 91.715 is dis p l a y e d a t t h e

c a bin or c o c kpit e nt r a n c e so t h at i t is l e g i b l e to pa ss e n g e rs o r c r e w.

13 S e e id. a t 1 3

- 14, 22U. S . D e p a r t m e n t o f T r a n spor t a ti on

Dec 1 8 th , 20 1 5

P a g e 18

Giv e n the s m all s i z e an d c onfi g u r a t i on of the U A S s, it wou l d be i m poss i ble to k e e p

a i r wo r t h i n e ss docu m e nts a nd other ai r c raft ma nu a l s on bo a rd t h e U A S b e c a use t h er e is s i m p l y no

r o o m a nd the U AS has n o ca bin or c o c kp i t

.

Eq u iva l e n t Le v e l of S a

f e ty

I n a n F AA Of

f i c e of C h i e f C ouns e l ' s Opinion d a ted A u g ust 8, 2014, a nd p r e p a r e d b y D ea n E.

G ri f fith, Atto r n e y

, A G C

- 220, it w a s a c k n owl e d ge d that the intent of 14 C. F .R. 91.9(b) a nd 91.2 0 3 (a )

a nd ( b ) i s m et i f the p i l ot of t he u n m anned a ircr a ft h as a c c e ss t o t he U AS fli g ht m anu a l, re g istr a t i on

c e r t if i c a te, a nd ot h e r r e qui r e d do cu m ents f r o m t he g r o und c ont r ol s t a t i o n fr o m whi c h he o r she is

o p e r a t in g t h e a i r c raft

. 1 4 As th i s F AA O ff i c e of Chief Couns e l Opin i on c l ar ifies, t h e int e nt of the ru le

i s to e ns u re the pi l ot h a s a c c e ss t o t h ese k e y d o c u m e nts dur i ng f l i g ht. T h e r ef

o r e

, a n e q u i v a l e nt l e v e l

of s a f e t y will be ac hi e v e d b y e nsur i n g that the p i l ot h a s ac c e ss t o t h e d o c u m e n ts a t t he g r ou nd c ont r ol

s t a t ion f r om which he or s h e is p i l o t ing the U A S

.

H. 14 C. F

. R. § 91.103: P r e f l i g h t A c t i o n

AMP seeks an e x e m

p t ion f r om 14 C

. F .R. § 91.103, wh i c h r e qui r e s a P I C to b e c o m e f a m i l i a r

w i t h sp ec if

i c i n fo r m at i on be f

o r e e a c h fl i ght, i n c l u d i ng info r m at i on c on t ai n e d in t he F A A

- a ppro ve d

F l i g ht Manu a l on board the ai rcraft. W hi l e the P I C w i l l be f a m i l i a r w i t h a ll info r m at i on ne ce s s a r y to

s a fe l y c ond u c t t he f

l i g ht, a n e x e mp t ion i s r e qu e st e d to t h e e x tent that a n F A A

- a ppro ve d Fl i g ht M a nu a l

i s r e qui r e d.

Eq u iva l e n t Le v e l of Sa

f e ty

An e quiva l e nt l e v e l of sa f e t y w i ll be pro v ided b y fol l owing t h e AMP ’ s O p e r a t i ons Man ua ls

an d the M an u f

a c tu r e r ' s Ma nu a l . The P IC will p e r f orm a s er i e s of c h ec kl i s ts d es i g n e d to identi f y a n y

d efec ts or i n op e r a

b le c o m ponents i n acc o r d a nce with t he AMP ’s Op e r at i ons Man ua ls, i n c l u ding

c h e c k l ists c ov e r i ng P r e

- F l i g h t

, L au n c h, L a ndi n g

, a nd P os t

- F l i g ht p ro c e du r e s. The P I C w i l l a lso be

r e q u i r e d to r e view w ea t h e r, fl i g ht r e qu i r e m ent s , b at t e r y c h a r g e , landi n g a nd ta k e o f f distan c e , UA

p e rfo r m a n c e d a ta, a nd c ont i n g e n c y landi n g a r e a s

— b e fo r e i n itiation of f

l i g ht. AMP ’s Op e r a t i ons

M an ua ls a nd the M a nu f

a c tu r e r ' s Ma n u a l will be k ep t at t he g round c ont r ol s t a t i on a nd w i ll be

a c ce s s i b l e to t he P I

C a t a ll t i m es w h i l e op e r a t i ng t h e U A S

.

I. 14 C. F

. R. § 91.10 9 ( a ) : F l i g h t Ins t r u c t i on

1 4 Me m o ra n d u m f

r o m M a r k B u r y

, F AA Assis t ant C hief Couns e l for I n t e rn a t i on a l L a w, L e g is l a tion a nd

R e g u l at i o n, to J ohn Du n ca n, F A A F li g ht S tand a rds Se r v i c e ( A u g . 8, 201 4 ); s e e a lso Do c k e t No. F A A

2 0 1 4

- 0352 a t 16

- 18.U. S . D e p a r t m e n t o f T r a n spor t a ti on

Dec 1 8 th , 20 1 5

P a g e 19

AMP s e e ks an e x e mp t ion f r om 14 C

. F .R. § 91.10 9 (a ), w h i ch p rov i d e s in p e rti n e n t pa r t t h at " [ n ]o

p e rson m a y o p e r a te a c i v i l aircr a ft ( e x c e pt a ma nn e d f r e e b al loon) that is b e ing used for f l i g ht i n s tru ct i on

unl e ss t h a t a i r c raft h a s f

u l l y fun ct i on i ng du a l cont r ol s

. " U A S s and r em o t e l y pi l o t ed airc raft, b y t h ei r d e si g n,

do not h a v e f

un c t ional d u a l con t ro ls. I nst e a d, fl i g ht co n t rol i s acc o mp l ish e d th r o u g h t h e use o f a d e vice t h a t

c o m m u ni c a tes w i t h the ai r c r a ft v ia r ad io c o mm uni c a t i on s . A cc o r din g l y

, a n e x em p t ion w i l l be r e qu i r e d for

the f l i g h t i nstru ct i on r e qui r e m ents of 14 C

. F .R. § 91.10 9 (a).

Eq u iva l e n t Le v e l of Sa

f e ty

Giv e n the s i z e a nd sp ee d of the U A S s th a t AMP in t e nds to u s e

, a n e quiv a lent lev e l of s afe tr a i n in g

c a n sti l l be p e r f

o r m ed without du a l c on t rols b e cau s e n o pi l ot or p a sse n g e rs a r e a bo a rd t he U A S , and a s

r e q u ir e d b y the AMP ’s Op e r a t i o n s M an u a l s, a ll pe rsons w ill b e a s a fe di s t a n c e a w a y in t he e v e n t t h a t t he

U A S e x p e ri e n c e s a n y dif f i c ul t ies du r ing f

l i g ht i n s t r uc t i on. M o r e ov e r, a s r eq ui r e d b y the AMP ’s O p e r a t i ons

Man ua ls, al l f

l i g ht t r a i n ing will be c ond u c ted in con t r o l l e d a nd s t e rile e n vi r on m e n t. As a whol e

, the s af e t y

pr o ced u r e s p r ovided f

or in AMP ’s O p er a t i ons M a n ua l s e nsure t h at t he p r o p o sed U A S op e r a t i o n s p r ovide

a n eq uiva l en t or h i g h e r l e v e l o f s a f e t y th a n that p r o v ided b y t h e f l i g ht i n s t r u c t i o n re g ulatio n s.

J. 14 C. F

. R. § 91.119(c): M i n i m u m Sa f e Alti t ud e s

AMP r e qu e sts a n e x e m p t ion f r o m t he m i n i m u m s a f

e a l t i t ude re q u i re m e nts of 14 C. F .R. §

91.119( c )

. 1 5 S ec t i on 91

. 119 p re s c ri be s t h e m i ni m u m s a f e a lt i t ud e s und e r whi c h ai r c r a ft m a y not op e ra te,

in c lu d in g 5 0 0 f

e e t ab o v e the s u r f

a c e a nd a w a y from a n y p e rson, v e sse l

, ve hic l e

, o r st r u c tu r e in no n

c o n g e s t e d ar e a s. S e e 14 C

. F .R. § 91.119 (c ). S ect i on 91.1 1 9 ( d) a l l ows f or a h el i c opter to op e r a te a t l ess

t h a n those m i ni m u m a l t i t u des w h e n it ca n be o p er a ted " without h a z a rd to pe rsons or pr o p e r t y on t h e

su r f ace

, " p r o v ided t h a t " e ac h p e rs o n o p e r a t in g t h e h e l i c o p t e r c o m p l ies w i t h a n y rout e s or a lti t u de s

spe c ifi c a l l y p re s c rib e d for h e l i c o p t e r s b y t h e F A A

. "

An e x e mp t i o n i s r e q u i r e d b eca use th e pro p osed U AS ope ra tions will nor m a l l y n e e d t o o cc ur b e l o w

4 00 fe e t A G L

. I n c ir cu m s t a n ce s w h e re the U AS i s used to i n s p ec t a stru c tu r e whose h e i g ht e x c e e ds 400

f e e t A G L , the U AS wi l l not be op e r a t e d m ore t h a n 100 f ee t ab o v e the h i g h e st po i n t o n the s tru c t u r e

, a n d

with i n 50 f

ee t ho r i z onta l l y of the s t ru c tu r e

. A d d itional l y , d u e the n a t u re of the p ropo s e d o p e r a t i on s , the

P i l ot and/or Obs e rver s (s ) m a y n ee d t o be le s s than 500 f e e t a w a y from t h e U A S

.

1 5 R el i e f f rom § 91. 119 ( a ) wi l l not be n ece ss a r y b e c a use P e tition e r will b e a b le to p er f

orm an e m e r g e n c y

land i n g w i t h out undue ha z a rd t o p e r s o ns or p r o p e r t y on the g r o und in t h e e v e nt of a f a i l u re

. P e tition e r ' s

pro p osed UA S op e r a t i o ns wi l l not occ ur ov e r co n g e st e d a r ea s, a nd the r ef

o r e a n e x e m p t ion f

r om §

91.119(b) will n o t be n e c e ss a r y

. Se e e .g ., G r a nt of E x e m p t ion No. 11157 to S lug w e a r, I n c ., d b a L i ke on a

tr e e Aeri a l (F A A

- 2 014

- 0534 a t 15).U. S . D e p a r t m e n t o f T r a n spor t a ti o n

Aug 18 th , 20 1 5

P a g e 20

Eq u iva l e n t Le v e l of Sa

f e ty

Co mp a re d to fl i g ht op e rat i ons w i th roto rc r a f t w e i ghi ng f

a r m o r e than t h e m a xi m u m

w e i g hts propo s e d h e r e in, a nd g i v e n the l ac k o f f l a mma ble f

u e l w i t h the U A S s, a n y r isk a ssoci a ted

w i t h the s e o p e r a t i ons is fa r l e ss t h a n t h ose th a t p r e s e n t l y e x ist with con v e nt i on a l a i rc r a ft. A n

e quiv a l en t l e v e l of s a f

e t y will b e ac h ie v e d g iven t he s i z e , w e i g ht, and s p ee d of the U A S s, a s w e ll

the co nt ro l l e d lo c a t i on wh e re t h e o p e r a t i o ns will o c cur

. I n o r d e r to a void a n y r i sk to ma nn e d

a ircr a ft, f l i g ht op e r a t i ons will be r e str ic ted to 400 f ee t A G L o r b e lo w , or w h e n insp e ct i ng a

st r u c tu r e w h ose he i g ht e x cee ds 400 f ee t A G L , w i t h i n 100 f

e e t a bove t h e h i g h e st point on that

st r u c t u re a n d 50 f

ee t ho riz on t al l y of t he st r u c tu r e

.

As s e t fo r th i n the Oper a t io n s Man u a ls, t he U A S s will be op e r a ted i n a r e s t r ict e d ar e a

, a nd a ll

f l i g h ts will be o p e r a ted a t a l a t era l dista n c e of a t l ea st 500 f e e t f r o m a n y non p a

rtic i p a ti n g p e rsons,

unl e ss t h a t pe r s o n i s i n a posit i on wh e re he or she is s h i el d e d fr o m the U AS and a n y poss i b l e de b r is

r e sul t i n g f

r o m U A S f

a i l u re

. As r e qu i r e d b y t h e O p e r a t i ons M a n ua ls, f l i g h t s will be te rm i n a ted i f a

nonp a r t i c ipating p e rson within 500 f ee t of the U A S le a v e s a shi e l d ed pos i tion. F u r th e r

, U A S

op e r at i ons will oc cu r a t l eas t 500 f e e t a w a y fr o m v e hic l e s o r st r u c tu r e s u n l e ss t he prop e r t y

own e r/ c on t roller h a s g r a nted p e r m is sion and the P I C h a s m ade a s af

e t y a ssess m e nt of the r isk of

op e r a t i ng c los e r to t h o se obj e c ts a n d, o p e r a t i o n s n e a r the P I C o r Obs e rver w i l l not p re s e nt a n und u e

h a z a rd p e r § 9 1. 119 ( a ). Ad h e re n c e to these r e str i ct i o ns in AMP ’s O p e r a t i ons Man ua ls will e nsu re

o p e r at i ons ca n b e c ond u c ted without c o mpro m is i ng s a f e t y

. 16

K

. 14 C. F

. R. § 91.121: Alti m e ter S e t t i n gs

AMP seeks an e x e m

p t ion f r om 14 C

. F .R. § 91.121, wh i c h r e qui r e s a pe r s on op e r a t i n g a n a i r c r a ft

to ma in t a in c r uis i ng al t i tude or f l i g ht l e v e l b y r e f

e r e n c e to an a lti me ter that is s e t t o the e le v at i on of the

d e p a r t u re a i r po r t or b a

ro m e tr i c pr e s s ure An e x e mp t ion i s r e qui r e d to t he e x tent that the U A S s do not

have a b a ro me tr i c a l t i me te r , but r a th e r a G P S a lti t u d e r e a d out.

1 6 S e e e .g.

, G r a nt of E x emp t i on No. 11138 to Dougl a s T r u d e a u ( F A A

- 201 4

- 0481 a t 1 9 ) :

" I f b a rr i e rs or st r u c tu r e s a re p re s en t that ca n suf f i c ien t l y p rot e c t nonp a rt i c i p a t i ng p e rsons fr o m the UA

or d e b r is in the e v e nt o f a n a c c ident, then the UA m a y op e r a te c loser th a n 500 fe e t to p e rs o ns a f f o r d e d

s u c h p r o te c t i on. The op e r a t o r m u st a lso e nsure t h a t n onp a r t ic i p a ting p e rsons r e m ain un d e r such

p ro t e c t i on. I f a s i tuation ari s e s w h e re n o np a r t ici pa t i n g p e rsons l ea v e such p rot e c t i on a nd a r e wit h i n 5 0 0

f e e t of the U A , fli g ht o p e r a t i ons m ust c e a s e i m m ed ia te l y

. W h e n c onsi d er i n g h ow to i m m e d i a t e l y c e a s e

op e r a t i on s

, the p r i m a r y c o nce rn is the s af e t y o f those nonp a rticip a t i ng p e rs o n s

. I n a dd i t i o n, the F AA

finds that o p e r a t i ons m a y b e c ondu c ted c los e r t han 500 f e e t to v e ssels, v e hicl e s an d str u c tu r e s w h e n the

own e r/ c on t roll e r o f a n y s u c h v e ssels, v e hic l e s or s t r u c t u r e s g r a nts p e r m i ss i o n f o r th e o p e r a t i on a nd t h e

P I C m ak e s a s a f

e t y a sse s s m ent of the r i sk o f op e r a t i ng clos e r to t h os e ob j ec ts a n d d e t e r m in e s th a t it

do e s not p r e s e n t an undue h a z a rd.”U. S . D e p a r t m e n t o f T r a n spor t a ti o n

Aug 18 th , 20 1 5

P a g e 21

The F A A has s t a ted th a t a n e quiva l en t l e v e l o f s a f e t y to t he r e qui r e m e nts of 14 C. F

. R. § 91.121

ca n be ac hie v e d in c i rc u m s t a n c e s wh e r e : ( 1) t h e U ASs will be op e r a ted b e low 400 f ee t A G L or b e lo w 17

, (2) with i n V L O S , (3) wh e re G P S b a s e d a lti t ude info r m at i o n is r e l a y e d in r e a l t i m e to t he o p e r a tor a t a

g roun d

- b a s e d o n

- s c r ee n disp l a y a nd, (4) w h e re p rior to e ac h fl i g ht, a z e ro a l t i t ude in i t i at i on p o int is

es t a b l i s h e d f

or the P I C t o co n f

i r m a cc u r a c y of the onb o a rd G PS

. 18

The U A S s t hat AMP in t ends to u se f or the p r o p os ed op er a t i ons w i ll me e t a l l t h es e op e r a t i on a l

c h a ra c te r ist i c s. Mo r e o ve r, a s r e q ui r e d b y AMP ’s O p e r a t i ons Man ua ls, t h e P I C w i l l b e re qu i r e d to

c a l i br a t e the ai r c r a f

t ' s GPS c o mp a s s prior to e ac h fli g ht o p e r a t i on. L i k e p r i o r F A A S ec t i on 333 G ra nts of

E x e m p t ion, t he U A S s AMP to us e

, a nd the sa f e t y m i t i g at ion p r o ce dur e s co n ta i n e d in t h e Op e r a t i ons

Manu a l s

, b o th en s u r e that a n e qui v a l e nt l e v e l of s a f e t y will be ac hie v e d, a nd a G r a nt o f E x e mp t ion t o the

re qui r e m ents of § 191. 1 2 1 is t h e r e f o r e a ppro p ri a te.

L

. 14 C. F

. R. § 91.151 ( a ) : Fu e l R e qu ire m e n ts f or F l i g h t in V F R C on d itio n s

AMP r eq u e sts a n e x e m p t ion f r om 14 C

. F .R. § 91.15 1 (a ) ' s f u e l r e qu i r em ents f

o r f l i g ht i n V F R

c onditions. S ec t i on 91. 1 51 st a tes:

(a) No p e rson m a y b e g i n a f l i g ht in a n a i rp l an e un de r V F R c o n d i t io n s un le ss ( c onsid e r i n g wind

a nd f o r eca st w ea t h e r c o n di t io n s) t h e r e is e nou g h f u e l to fly to the fi r st po i nt of int e nd e d l a n ding

a nd, a ssu m ing norm a l c r ui s i ng s p e e d

–

(1) Du r i n g the d a y , to fly a f t e r t h a t f o r a t l ea st 30 m i nute s ; o r

(2) At ni g h t

, t o f

l y a f t e r t h a t for a t l e a st 45 m i nute s

.

H e r e , the t ec hnol o g ic a l l i m i ta t ions on U A S b a t t er y po w e r m e a ns t h a t no mea ni n g ful fli g ht

ope r at i ons c a n be c ond uc ted w hi l e st i ll m ain t aining a 3 0

- m i n ute b a tt er y r e s e rv e . An e x e m p t ion f r o m t he

f u e l r e qui r em e nts of 14 C

. F .R. § 91.151 (a ) i s the r ef o r e r e q u ir e d.

1 7 I f t h e h e i g ht o f the st ru c t u r e b ei n g i n spe c ted e x c e e ds 400 f e e t A G L

, the U A S will not be op e r a ted m ore

than 100 f

e e t a bove the hi g h e st p o i n t on t he st r uc tu re

.

1 8 S e e G r an t of E x e mp t ion No. 1106 2 to Ast r a e us A e ri a l ( F A A

- 201 4

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Eq u iva l ent Level of S a

fety

In t he G r ant of Exemption to V D OS (Ex e m pt i on No. 11112), the F A A dete r m ined t hat a n

equiv a lent level of sa f

ety to t h e fuel require m ents for f l i ght in V FR con d i t ions could be ach i e v ed by

proh i b i t i ng t h e PIC f

r o m beginn i ng a AMP

- UAS f l ight u n le s s (considering w ind and fore c a s t wea t h er

conditions) t h ere was e n ough power to fly t o the f i r st i n tended point of l a nding and, a ssu m ing no r m al

cruising speed, to fly af

t er that f or at le a s t 10 m i nute s

. In re a ching t h is c o nclu s ion, the F AA cons i dered

that the UAS batteries for the AMP

- UAS provide app r o xi m at e ly 2 0 m inu t es of p owered flig h t ( with

paylo a d) a n d prov i ded b a t t e ry l e v el and battery ti m e r e m ain i ng in m inu t es and s econ d s to t he PIC

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The F A A also considered the f act that the AMP

- UAS operating m a nual s tate s : “s t art ev e ry f l i ght wi t h a

fully cha r ged b a ttery i n the a e r i a l veh i c le”, and that in the e ve n t t h a t t h e U A S should r un low on

power, the PIC will be a ler t ed and c a n l and the AMP

- UAS as soon as pos s i b le. L i ke the V DOS Grant

of E x e m pt i on, AMP ’s u se of the AMP

- UAS

, c o m bined wi t h t h e requirements of Petit i oner ' s

Opera t ions M an ua ls, ensu r e that a n equi v alent lev e l of sa f ety c an be a chi e ved.

Si m i l ar l y, in the Grant of Exe mpt i on to Alan Pu r wi n (Exe m p t i on No. 11161), the F A A

dete r m ined that an equivalent level of sa f ety t o t he fuel require m ents for f l i ght i n V F R conditions

could be achieved by proh i b i t i ng t h e PIC f r o m beginn i ng a flight with t h e AMP

- UAS unless

(con s ider i ng wind and forecast wea th e r cond i t i on s ), there was e nough power to fly at n o r m al c ru i sing

speed to t h e in t ended landing point a nd land t he UA with 25% battery p o wer re m ain i ng. AMP will

adh e re to th i s l i m i t at i on f o r AMP

- UAS flights.

The AMP

- UAS i n clud e s a low bat t e ry warning sy s t em and the a m ount of bat t e ry re s erve po w er

re m ain i ng is t rans m i t ted to the P IC via t ele m e t r ic data fe e d, which downlinks from the UAS to a

g r oun d

- base d

- on

- screen dis p lay

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, the P I C w i l l pro m pt l y

fly the UAS back t o the ho m e l a unch lo c at i on o r pr e

- deter m ined a bort loc a tion where t h e U A S m ay

s a fely l and, while still m ain t a ining a m in i m u m of 2 5 % r ese r ve b a t t e ry p o wer. AMP submits t h at the

p r o c edures requ i r i ng flights to be safely t e r m i nat e d once t h e ba t ter i es fall be l o w 2 5% capacit y

,

co m bined w i t h t h e req u ire m ent t hat fl i ghts o n ly b e conduc t ed with i n a s e c ure, isolated area, using a

U A S weight i ng less than 5 5 p ounds, and wi t hin VL O S of the P I C and O bse r v er ( s ), ensure that the

p r o posed operation w i ll pro v ide a n equiv a len t or h i gher level of safety to that provi d ed by the

r e gulations fr o m which exe m pt i on is sou g h t.

19 G rant of E xe mpt i on No. 11112 t o V D OS Global, LLC (FA A

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20 T he AMP

- UAS ground con t rol sta t ion displays, t h e U A Ss position, navigation route, tail nu m ber,

a l titude, he a ding, no r th seeking arr o w, range t o t arget s

, calc u la t ed ta r g et position, date/ti m e, and

sensor h ead i ng and o r i e n tation r e lative t o the U A S

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VI. D RUG AND AL C O H OL P R O G R A M

AMP wi l l have po l icies i n p l ace to ensu r e that no person m ay p ar t ic i p ate in UAS flight

operations if they a re u n der the in f l u ence of al c o hol or any d rug.

VII. P U B L I C I N TEREST

The publ i c i n te r e s t will be served by gran t ing AMP ’s Pe t ition for Ex em pt i on. Congress h a s

es t a b l i shed a na t io n al policy that f a vors ea r ly i n teg r a t i on of U A S into the NAS in controlled, s a f e working

envi r on m ents such as those propos e d in t his Pet i tion. Grant i ng th i s Peti t ion for Ex e m pt i on helps ful f i l l

Congress' goal i n p a ss i n g Sect i on 3 3 3(a) t h rough (c) of the R efo r m Ac t

— the FAA A d m in i st r ato r ' s

ass e ss m ent of whether c er t a in UAS m ay ope r ate safely i n t h e N A S be f o r e co m ple t ion of the s t atutorily

required r u le m aking.

The proposed U AS operat i ons in t h is P et i tion f or E xe mpt i on significantly i m prove s sa f ety a nd reduce s r i sk

of harm or seriou s in

j ury to the general public, video photo graphers, scientists and inspecto r s . Additionally

reduces risks of destruction or major damage to public and private property. Much g reater safety margins

are gained at any location where a company employs the us e of s m a ll U A S s for c ondu c ti n g v id e o

monitoring and p r o d uc t i o n, data capture a n d inspe c ti o n. T r a d i t ional aerial and rigorous location m ethods

of v id e o p r o d uc t i o n

, data capture and inspe c ti o ns, e x pose photographers, scientists, inspecto r s

, employees

and at some locations the public to h i g h r isks of se r ious i nj u r ies

, o r d e ath

. In most of the segments identified

herein where traditional methods are employed

, videographers , scientists and inspecto r s are placed in

precarious situations climb ing roof tops

, p e r f o rm ing e l e v a ted w o r k and defy ing the challenges of nature

e x posing t h e m t o da n g e rous f a l l s, and o t her e x tre m e risks

. I n a d d i t ion, d e p e nding on t h e photographers,

scientists and inspecto r ’s p r o x i m i t y to e quip me nt and o th e r h a z a rds a ss o ci a t e d w i th traditional aerial video,

i n dustrial si t e s and c onstru c t i on f a c ilities, the risks taken are many times greater than the value of the work

performed

. The use o f sm a ll U A S m i t i g a tes th e se risks and bypass es ha z a rds a nd i s u l t i ma t e l y a m uch s a f e r

and more efficient me th od o f p e r f o r m ing t h e s e and o t h e r v id e o monitoring and p r o d uc t i o n, data capture

a n d inspe c ti o n services.

The use of s m all UASs a l so enhan c es safety and reduces risk becau s e, u n like m anned a i rcraft

weighing t h ousands of p o unds, ca rrying c rew in addition t o fla m m able fuel, t he U A Ss ca r ry no pa sseng e rs

or crew. Fu r the r

, in t he u nl i k e ly ev e n t of an acc i d ent, AMP s m all battery powe r ed U A Ss presen t s

sign i fica n t l y le s s danger to pe r sons on the ground w hen c o mp ar e d to ope r at i ons by c o nvent i o n a l m anned

ai r c raft

. 2 1 A s Pet i tion e r ' s U A Ss are ba t tery powe r ed, the publ i c will a lso bene f it from a redu c t i on i n

har m ful e m i ss i ons asso c ia t ed w i th conventional ai r c raft pe r f or m ing i n the s a m e func t ions propos e d herein.

Last l y, a s r e cogni z ed by the FAA in pr i or Section 333 G ran ts of Ex e mpt i on to fil mm ake r s, U A Ss prov i de

an add i tion a l t ool for the aerial fil m ing i ndustry, adding a gr e at e r degree of f lex i bi l it y , which supp l e m ents

the c urrent c apab i li t ies o f f er e d by m a nned a i rcraf

t

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__________ 21 S ee Gra n t of E x e mpt io n No. 11158 to Team 5, LLC (FAA

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"Manned helico p te r s c o nduct i ng a erial video and filming c a n weigh 6,000 pounds or m ore and a r e

op e ra t ed by an onboard p i l o t, i n ad d i t ion to o t h e r on b oard cre wm e m bers, as nece s s a ry. T h e pe t itioner ’ s

U A s will weigh less t h an 55 pounds with no onboard pilot o r cre w

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The pi l ot a nd crew w i l l be re m ote l y loc a ted f rom the ai r c raft. The l i m i t ed we i ght s i gnif i c a nt l y

reduces the po t e n t i a l for harm to p articipating and nonparticipating i n d iv i d uals or pro p er t y in t he

e vent of a n i n cid e nt o r ac c iden t

. The risk to an on b oard p i lot and c r ew d u r i ng an inc i d ent or a cc i d e nt

i s e l i m ina t ed with the use of a UA for the aerial video and inspection op e ration s

. U A Ss prov i de an

additional t o o l for the aerial f il m ing i ndustry, adding a greater de g ree of flexib i lity, which

supple m ents the c urrent capabil i ties of f er e d by m anned a i rc r aft

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VIII. PRIVACY

All AMP ’s U A S operat i ons w i ll b e conduc t ed in a c c o rdan c e with a pp l i cable feder a l, s t a te, or loc a l

laws r e garding pri v acy. All op e rations s h a ll be conducted over pr i v ate or control l e d

- access property

with per m is s ion from t h e l a nd own e r / co n t r o l ler or authorized repr e s entativ e . P e r m is s ion from land

owner/cont r ol l e r or aut h or i zed repr e sen t a t i ve w i ll be obtain e d for each flight t o b e c o nduct e d.

IX. F E DE R AL REGIST E R SU M MA R Y

Pursuant t o 14 C. F .R. Pa

r t 11, the fol l owing su mm ary is p r ovided for pub l ication in t h e

FE D ER A L RE G IST E R, should it be det e r m ined t hat publica t ion i s n e ed e d:

Pet i tioner s e eks an exe m pt i on from the fol l owing ru l es in Tit l e 14 of the Code of F e d er a l

Regula t io n s:

Part 21, Su b part H; Part 27; 45.23 ( b); 45.27(a); 6 1.113; 91.7(a); 91.9( b ) ( 2 ); 91.9(c); 91.103; 91.109(a ) ;

91.119(c); 9 1.121; 91.151 ( a); 91.2 0 3 (a) & (b); 9 1.405(a); 9 1 .407(a) ( 1 ); 9 1.409(a) ( 1 ) & ( 2); 91.4 1 7 (a)

& ( b).

The e x e m p t i on will greatly e nh a n c e saf e t y b y re d u c ing r i sk to the g e n e r a l public , employees and

p r op e r t y own e rs f

r o m the s ubstan t ial h a z a

rds a ssoci a ted with p e rfor m i n g e quiv a l en t aerial v ideo, data

capture and inspection services for close

- set filming, video capture, data collection, residential,

commercial and industrial real estate , livestock management, marine resource management,

agriculture, mapping, surveying, search and rescue and e ducation wi t h c onv e nt i on a l fi x e d

- wing

a i r c r a ft, roto rc raft, or o t her m e thods.

X. C ONC L U S ION

AMP ’s Petit i on f

o r E xe m pt i on sa t isfies the c r i t e r i a a rticulated i n S e ction 333 of the Refo r m A c t of

2 0 12 incl u ding weight, speed, op e rating c a pa b i l iti e s, prox i m i t y to a i rports and po p ula t ed ar e a s,

operation w i th i n V L OS and na t ional s ecu r ity. The proposed U A S operat i o n s will be ne fit the public as

a whole by improv i ng saf e ty and r ed uc ing r isk by a l l e v iating hu m an expos u re to danger. In

consid e ration of the foregoi n g , th i s Peti t i o n for Ex e m pt i on pro v i d es t he FAA with m ore than a dequate

jus t if i cation for gran t ing t he requ e sted e x e m pt i ons a l l o wing AMP use s m a l l UASs f or video

photography, data capture and inspection in these market segments: UAS demonstrations,

resident ial and commercial real estate, natural resource conservancy, livestock management, marine

resource management, agriculture, mapping, surveying, search and rescue and education

.

2 2 See e. g

., Grant of E xe mpt i on No. 11178 t o P i ctu r e F a ctory, Inc. (FA A

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W e th a nk you f

or your pro m pt con s i d er a tion of our r equested e xe mpt i ons.

Respec t fully Su b m i t ted,

Patrick Smith

Aerial Media Pros , LLC.

3175 Airway Ave

Costa Mesa, CA 92626

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P hon e : (888) 557

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Attachments:

0. MPTOM

1. General Op e rations M a n ual

2. PIC Operati n g Manual

3. AMP P r otoco l s

4. Location Protocols

5. Flight Co mm unic a t i ons Protocols

6. Depar t ing L oca t ion P rotocols

7. Trans m i t ter Protocols

8. Preflight C h eck l ist

9. Post Flight Checkl i s t

10. Equip m ent Checkl i s t

11. U A S M anufactu r e r’s Manuals

a. User M a nu a ls

b. U A S Mainten a nce M a n u als