Germany, Sept. 2014. DHL is starting a drone package delivery service, a test program transporting medication to a pharmacy on a difficult-to-access North Sea island. The company said the quad-rotor “DHL Paketkopter 2.0” will begin daily flights Friday to bring a maximum payload of 1.2 kilograms of medicine to the island of Juist. The island, with a population of about 1,500, is usually served by one ferry per day and an occasional small-aircraft flight, depending upon the weather. (AP Photo/Nikolai Wolff Fotoetage) - Via
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Remember when Amazon was talking about this and all the fuss people were making about the idea?
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It doesn't fly door to door.
It has to take off from the ferry harbour and land at the other ferry harbour, where Apothecary employees have to go to unload it. In shit weather, otherwise a light plane is used via the island's airfield.
It also may not fly over the ferry while the ferry is in transit.
The permit to fly is super restrictive.
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