Our main story today is about drone deliveries. The US has been lagging behind countries like Australia and even Africa due to archaic laws that make it incredibly difficult to use drones for making deliveries. So, far, delivery providers have been choosing to fly under Part 135 since making drone deliveries under Part 107 was thought to be nearly impossible.

However, recently, we published a detailed blog post revealing how operators can make deliveries under Part 107. Now, as per the latest industry reports, drone delivery provider, Zipline has been approved by the FAA to make deliveries in the US. And Zipline is planning on flying under Part 107. Zipline shall be delivering medical supplies and is planning to commence operations from North Carolina. All this and much more in this segment of the show.

Other topics discussed in today’s show include Wing Aviation registering a 500% rise in drone deliveries, how the virus outbreak has resulted in increased usage of drone technology, autonomous drones for reforestation, and much, much more…

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Timestamps

• [01:10] – How to make drone deliveries under Part 107
• [01:34] – Zipline officially approved by the FAA to make drone deliveries; operations to commence in North Carolina
• [03:23] – Can you make drone deliveries by daisy chaining visual observers?
• [05:03] – Gartner reports predicts that a million drones will be used for retail deliveries by 2026
• [07:56] – Wing Aviation registers a 500% rise in drone deliveries in the wake of the coronavirus
• [10:15] – Has the pandemic forced us to increase usage of drone technology?
• [14:36] “]– Flash Forest, a Canadian-based start up starts using autonomous drones for reforestation