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Amazon Asks FAA for Permission to Fly Drones
In a letter to the FAA dated Wednesday, Amazon said it is developing aerial vehicles as part of Amazon Prime Air. (www.aviationpros.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Furthermore, how are they going to keep kids with their new BB/Pellet guns, maybe occasional .22, from shooting them down. Dumb idea in the first place.
How does Amazon plan to deal with animals and small children in the residences yards when these 4 bladed carbon fiber propped quads are landing or taking off?
How do they plan to keep people from throwing rocks at them to knock them out of the sky to steal the DLSR camera in the box underneath?
How do they plan to keep people from throwing rocks at them to knock them out of the sky to steal the DLSR camera in the box underneath?
I dunno. It could work. Will be interesting to see how it plays.... Amazon has the funds available. "Toto, we're not in Kansas anymore."
Sounds lika a dumb idea to me.
I guess any advertising is good advertising.
UAS, UAV, Drones are terms which I'm afraid we are going to be forced to accommodate in our lexicon. The FAA is dragging its feet on the issue relative to the congressional mandate because it is continuing to take input from the various interested parties which oddly enough includes General Aviation which would appear to be supportive at the organizational level (AOPA, et. al.).
If Amazon gets some sort of approval you can bet there will be clamoring from the usual courier delivery services to be granted the same privilege. Will this mean that overnight packages will now be coming via some little miniature weed whacker whence it is dropped it off somewhere in or around our residence or place of business? Will it be waiting for a signature?
It will create a nightmare for the national airspace system which is already congested as it is with the NextGen controlling system, ADS-B, projected as the future replacement for radar control. I simply don't see how these things flitting around all over the place could be anything but a disaster. Will they be launch and forget like a homing pigeon or will a human operator with a computer and a joystick be required for control? Wait until one of them is ingested into a turbofan and there's no "Miracle on the Hudson" for the victims.
If Amazon gets some sort of approval you can bet there will be clamoring from the usual courier delivery services to be granted the same privilege. Will this mean that overnight packages will now be coming via some little miniature weed whacker whence it is dropped it off somewhere in or around our residence or place of business? Will it be waiting for a signature?
It will create a nightmare for the national airspace system which is already congested as it is with the NextGen controlling system, ADS-B, projected as the future replacement for radar control. I simply don't see how these things flitting around all over the place could be anything but a disaster. Will they be launch and forget like a homing pigeon or will a human operator with a computer and a joystick be required for control? Wait until one of them is ingested into a turbofan and there's no "Miracle on the Hudson" for the victims.