FAO ESTONION CAA - DRONE PERMISSIONS FOR UK TV PRODUCTION

Your ref: 01.09.2017 Our ref: 18.09.2017 No 4.13-1/17/4549-2 Dear Mr Campbell, Thank you for your email. Rummu Quarry Prison is located in Ämari CTR, which means a special permit is needed for drone operations. However, tethered operations are not regulated in Estonia and as far as it is reasonably expected that the tether will not break during the flight, you may operate your tethered drone without the CAA’s permission. Short summary of current Estonian drone regulations: UA shall be operated in accordance with the following national requirements:  Aviation Act (English version),  Regulation of the Government of the Republic No 240 (only Estonian version available),  Regulation of the Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure No 24 (only Estonian version available),  Regulation of the Government of the Republic No 189 (only Estonian version available),  General Precept of Director General of the Estonian Civil Aviation Administration No 4.1-7/15/33 of 9 June 2015 (only Estonian version available). In addition, UA operator must acquaint himself/herself with the information in currently valid Estonian AIP, its Supplements and NOTAMs. A special permit from the Estonian CAA is mandatory when operating UA in the following areas:  controlled airspace (map attached),  flight information zones (map attached),  restricted areas (map attached),  anywhere in the Estonian airspace higher than 500 ft / 150 m AGL. When flying your UA outside of the above-mentioned areas, then no permit is needed. Of course, the UA operator must not endanger third parties when conducting his/her operations. In order to get the special permit, an application containing the following information about the UA operator or enterprise shall be submitted to the Estonian CAA:  legal name (in case of an enterprise),  business registry code (if applicable),  address,  phone number,  email address,  names and personal identification numbers of the RPA pilots. The application for a special permit must be signed by the person who has right of representation of the enterprise. According to the Aviation Act §51 (5) and State Fees Act § 168, a state fee 45 euros must be paid for the review of an application for a special permit obtained from the Estonian CAA. State fees for Estonian CAA acts shall be paid as follows: Beneficiary customer: Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Estonia Beneficiary address: Endla 13, Tallinn 10122 ESTONIA Reference no: 2900073106 Details of payment: (for example: special permit for RPA operations) Beneficiary's bank / account: SEB: IBAN EE89 1010 2200 3479 6011, BIC / SWIFT: EEUHEE2X Swedbank: IBAN EE93 2200 2210 2377 8606, BIC / SWIFT: HABAEE2X Danske Bank: IBAN EE40 3300 3334 1611 0002, BIC / SWIFT: FOREEE2X Nordea: IBAN EE70 1700 0170 0157 7198, BIC / SWIFT: NDEAEE2X Estonian CAA issues the special permit for UA operators with a validity of one year. Furthermore, all particular UA flights in the areas where a special permit is required must be coordinated with Estonian CAA so as to inform in advance appropriate air traffic services units. Consequently, there are two procedures: 1) issue of a special permit, 2) coordination with the CAA. For coordination, another application shall be submitted with the following information:  place of operations (e.g centre coordinates with radius) with map attached,  purpose of the flight,  maximum height above ground level,  time of operations,  back-up plan in case of loss of control,  phone number from which the RPA operator can be promptly reached,  contact details of the applicant. For the coordination application you may use unofficial websites like www.lennuluba.ee or www.drooniluba.ee. Best regards, Karl Rattassep Senior Inspector of Flight Operations Department +372 610 3571 www.ecaa.ee | Lõõtsa street 5, 11415 Tallinn Estonian Civil Aviation Administration From: James Campbell [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, September 01, 2017 7:13 PM To: Lennuamet <[email protected]> Cc: Noreply Lennuamet <[email protected]> Subject: FAO ESTONION CAA - DRONE PERMISSIONS FOR UK TV PRODUCTION Importance: High To whom it may concern within the Estonian Civil Aviation Administration, My name is James and I am an Assistant Producer for the UK Production House, 'Like A Shot Entertainment'. We make the programme, ‘Abandoned Engineering’ on behalf of the TV channels, Yesterday UKTV and Discovery Science: https://yesterday.uktv.co.uk/shows/abandoned-engineering/ Owing to the programme’s popularity after the first consecutive series, we are now pleased to be putting together a newly commissioned season of ‘Abandoned Engineering’, exploring some of the most remote, enigmatic and interesting abandoned structures on earth. We are seeking to film with a fully FAA authorised drone at a particular location in Estonia/at the Rummu Quarry Prison, although a date for filming and the required shoot times are still pending. It can be confirmed that we have permission to shoot at the prison on one day in either August or September, but need to confirm in advance that we have authorisation for drone use. It would be greatly appreciated if I could be put in touch or given the contact details of a member of staff who deals with civil drone permissions or to discuss operation arrangements of the tethered craft during our shoot. Please see below for my contact details. I hope to hear from you at your earliest convenience. Yours faithfully, James Campbell James Campbell Assistant Producer T: 07770759985 E: [email protected] Like A Shot Entertainment The Lightbox, Suite 127 111 Power Road London W4 5PY https://www.likeashot.tv/productions/