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.