Amazon proposes Drone-only delivery airspace

[Alanna]

If @ATN_Pilot doesn't like Amazon having little drones, he's going to be even less happy with Facebook: http://money.cnn.com/2015/07/30/technology/facebook-drone-aquila/index.html?iid=hp-toplead-dom

Ugh.
Just what this world needs...a leathery Facebook boomerang tracing aimless circles in the stratosphere. They even gave it a Latin name, how cute.

 

[z987k]

Not familiar with that case..

Edit: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Causby

That one?

Yup that one.

 

[brigadeaviator]

If I was ice fishing or camping I wouldn't mind a daily refreshing speedy delivery like this.

 

[FloridaLarry]

New legal definition a-coming: DUI = Droning Under the Influence.

And... They'll have to order the carding accessory to have proof of age before unloading the wine you ordered.

 

[bp]

New legal definition a-coming: DUI = Droning Under the Influence.

And... They'll have to order the carding accessory to have proof of age before unloading the wine you ordered.

It'll happen eventually, that market segment would be too big to ignore once they get this whole project rolling.
The quadcopter will just hover in front of you, scan your face, and compare it to some ID that you present to your new droid overlord

 

[mshunter]

Nah it'll be fine, GPS is so reliable!
Except when there's a solar flare, and the PDOP values get so high the position error causes dozens of these things to fly through short final at Newark.

You honestly think that their won't be safeguards against that? When there are predicted GPS outages for us, there are NOTAMS. Fear monger much?