Zip Line

[dirkclod]

Saw tos in another of our forums and though not a drone as I see it is interesting anyway. Zipline has made over 156,000 drone deliveries

 

[jjdun770]

I work with the ZipLine crew as a VO. It’s definitely a drone albeit a much more sophisticated one that requires a crew lol. To get approval for BVLOS they’ve daisy-chained VOs essentially for every leg of the flight and we pass it off from one to the next. Until it reaches the destination then it turns around and comes back. The part that gets me is it delivers PPE in a super expensive way, nobody spoke about the elephant in the room during orientation but it would be much cheaper to pay one guy $20+/hour to drive it instead of 2 flights a day requiring 5 VOs lol.

 

[GFields]

This was awesome to watch, thanks for sharing

 

[RodPad]

WOW!
I took break from these forums for 3 years.

Those videos?
I'm glad they are still available!!

I kind of understand 20%
I will check out more tomorrow..

Thanks!!

Rod ..

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[Mark The Droner]

My daughter works for zipline. They were granted BVLOS clearance in the USA last fall.

Zipline Gets FAA Approval for BVLOS Drone Deliveries - Avionics International

The FAA authorized Zipline for BVLOS drone deliveries of commercial packages around Salt Lake City, Utah, and Bentonville, Arkansas.

www.aviationtoday.com

 

[RodPad]

WOW!!

Thanks !!

Rod ..