A Zipline drone launches into flight to make deliveries in Utah

Описание: The long awaited era of drone deliveries has arrived in Utah with an initial rollout that allows patients in South Jordan to get their pharmaceuticals and over-the-counter medications by parachute drop deliveries.

Intermountain Healthcare has partnered with the company Zipline to start launching fixed-wing drones that can carry up to four pounds per delivery. The aircraft are launched from a distribution center built on top of the Trans-Jordan Landfill in the southwest corner of the Salt Lake Valley. That facility has no runway. Instead the drones are launched from a slingshot-like launcher and retrieved at the same location by an arresting line that snags the craft as it passes over.

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Video by Trent Nelson of The Salt Lake Tribune.