Certificate of Waiver - Night small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) operations.

Shakes1118 · Dec 10, 2018

Hey all,
I wanted to take the opportunity to thank everyone for their posts.

I just received my certificate of waiver for night operations today (December 10th) after submitting the application on November 19th, for those that are interested in current turnaround timelines

Information for obtaining these waiver is sparse. Therefore, I am including the information I submitted in hopes that it may help anyone that wants to obtain the waiver in the future. The two sections that are of most concern are the Waiver text itself and the Proposed Location of Operation.

dronecyclops · Dec 10, 2018

@Shakes1118 Thanks for the info never requested for night waiver before so this can only help others like me

Shakes1118 · Dec 10, 2018

@dronecyclops hope it helps!

JustinR · Dec 11, 2018

Is that waiver test something you give to your crew?

Shakes1118 · Dec 11, 2018

Yes, every 90 days, either verbally or written.

Also, I did NOT need to provide any information on what type of strobes I am using. I just established a policy that I would self-certify each to 3 statute miles and log the data.

TreeLineView · Dec 12, 2018

Thanks for posting. I am working on my submission now. It helps to see others ideas and pull together a list of best Practice that will fit my specific needs/requirements and meet all FAA regs. Congrats!

Shakes1118 · Dec 12, 2018

@TreeLineView glad to hear it. Thanks!

IronManNDFW · Dec 15, 2018

@Shakes1118 Thank you for the information you provided. I was just denied my 107.29 12-13-18, for some of the items in each section. I appreciate your post here as it will hopefully correct any discrepancies the FAA has with my application. I come from the manned side where all of this information has been mostly ratified and placed into a "boilerplate" format, with minor changes. Sadly I get confused as to what the FAA is asking for, as some things I want to say " duh, we have covered that someplace along out past 100 years of manned flight." Then I get reminded sometimes not gently that this is only 2 year old program and much still needs to be specified.

@TreeLineView I'd like to share info with you and see if we can help to add to this outline/tool kit that has been started here.

Shakes1118 · Dec 16, 2018

@IronManNDFW yeah, no problem, that's exactly why I put it here. So everyone would know what got me approved. If you'd like to convert it to something more useful, I'd appreciate that.

dronecyclops · Dec 16, 2018

IronManNDFW said:
@Shakes1118 @TreeLineView[/USER] I'd like to share info with you and see if we can help to add to this outline/tool kit that has been started here.

Good idea maybe a mod will make a sticky out of it