The sUAS Guide Issue 02, July 2016 | Page 30

NON – PART 107 OPERATIONS

For any of the operations listed below, a drone operator could NOT fly purely under part 107’s operating rules but would need to be authorized via a waiver, Public COA, a special Section 333 Exemption, or a SAC/COA combo. Contact me if you are interested in any of these types of operations.

• Beyond Visual Line of Sight

o Power line inspections

o Search and rescue

• Night Operations

o SAR at night

o Firefighting at night

o Inspections using thermal equipment in hot environments and night is the best time
to use the equipment.

o Cinematography for TV/movie night scenes

o Inspections on critical time/sensitive material that require 24/7 monitoring
(example: turbidity monitoring for dredging operations)

o Sports at night

• 55 Pounds and Heavier

o Package delivery

o Crop dusting

o Firefighting retardant delivery

o High-end LIDAR to monitor crops such as lumber. The LIDAR is used to detect the
diameter of the wood so the loggers know which forest to harvest first.

o Cinematography (Dual Red Epics for 3-D filming or full Arri Alexa with lens and
large stack of batteries for extra flight time.)

• Higher than 400ft and 400ft away from the object

• 100 MPH and Faster

o Survey large areas fast

o Fast package/medical delivery

• Operation Over Persons

o Concerts

o Live news events

o Sports

• Operations from a Moving Vehicle in non-sparsely populated areas.