Tom
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When overnight delivery isn't soon enough, amazon prime air will deliver in 30 minutes, FAA permitting.
Kids?!! I can just see these making terrific sport for the shotgun crowd...unless maybe if SCOTUS declared drones as people, too. ;D ;DSeilerBird said:I got a good laugh reading about that this morning. Many people were claiming kids would be knocking the drones out of the sky. Good luck with that.
Actually, critique of most any kind is generally a good thing. It brings up the possibilities good and bad that may need to be addressed to develop a concept into a viable product or service. Remember "Get a horse!" and "If God meant for man to fly..."?Ned said:This is still in the conceptual stage, so it's easy for people to point out potential problems with it. None of these are insurmountable but will take time to work out. Why don't people focus on the advantages of a new concept? It's easy to criticize but much harder to overcome the design problems.
I did too. Bezos is a genius. I can't wait to get my Nexus 11 delivered by a drone.Tom said:I thought we were embracing the new system and giving Jeff Bazos some design/improvement ideas ???
Lou Schneider said:I had to look at the calendar to confirm today wasn't 4/1.
Tom said:For us, it solves delivery while afloat. I'll just mark a helipad in the cockpit of the boat.
Also ask them if they deliver pizzas.
I don't think arial traffic will be an issue if they keep it under 500 feet. They will also need to program blackout areas within 3 miles of any airport.