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The Velveteen Ocelot

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1. Like the article said: It wasn't an Amazon drone.

Reply to onehandle (Original post)

Sat Jul 26, 2014, 11:49 AM

Jul 2014

An Amazon employee purchased a radio-controlled aircraft from a hobby shop and used it in airspace where it shouldn't have been. RC aircraft have been available for many years and flying them is a hobby for many people. Calling them "drones" doesn't turn these toys (and that's what they are) into something sinister and evil. Amazon doesn't have "drone privileges," since using unmanned aircraft for commercial purposes is still illegal. What happened here was that an Amazon employee - not Amazon - did something dumb with his toy.

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Like the article said: It wasn't an Amazon drone. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2014 #1

Yeah, but it doesn't help Amazon's fake campaign to deliver with drones. onehandle Jul 2014 #2

It's an interesting idea that can't possibly work in the real world. randome Jul 2014 #3

It was never going to work, The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2014 #4

Won't be happy until there's only one company in the world, will you? Dreamer Tatum Jul 2014 #5

I used to do some wicked things with kites... hunter Jul 2014 #6

I have some drones flying around my house, they have dug holes in front of the DocwillCuNow Jul 2014 #7