ADAD“I love new things,” Susie Sensmeier, 81, said after the drone had departed for Wing’s base in a nearby business park. This spring, though, Wing and then a UPS subsidiary received the clearances they needed from the Federal Aviation Administration. He said he expects that customers will come to appreciate the speedy delivery made possible by hoisting packages through the air. “We believe that Wing had a technology that was ahead of other drone technologies,” he said. In practice, though, both companies are still required to adhere to a lengthy set of limits even as they’ve been granted waivers from some FAA rules.

Source: Washington Post October 19, 2019 19:41 UTC