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sirmaru · 12-02-2013, 04:43 PM

I heard 2015 as the introductory year on "60 Minutes" if FAA approves. Of course, FAA may not oblige and I did read individual US States have bills to allow police and fire units, ONLY, to use drones. I had read elsewhere on the internet that Congress approved private ownership of drones last year.

Personally, I THINK the drone deliveries will be operational by December, 2014, since that entire broadcast may have been done to put pressure on the FAA to speed things up. I also think that Amazon Prime Air will cost more than Amazon Prime and only some customers will buy it at first. I will definitely be one of the first.

Those Amazon Prime Air drones ALREADY exist and are FLYING NOW !! "60 Minutes showed HUNDREDS of them in a service center, flying products to customers AND delivering to one customer. The video showed the drone flying down from 2 miles up to the customer waiting at the door. The customer removed the package from the hovering drone and then it flew upwards again.

These drones will require customers to initiate the drop off since they will have to remove the package themselves.

Again, in my OPINION, at the beginning those Delivery Drones will only ship Kindles next December since that is where the demand is huge when they introduce new models. Thus, some will get their new Kindle in one hour, others in one day and yet others in a week. the profit may be on the delivery rather than the Kindle, itself.

Because of interference of our football games most "60 Minutes" viewers MISSED that broadcast. My DVR is set to allow for those football games.

According to what I heard from Bezos on "60 Minutes" to Charlie Rose they will not require operators as our CIA and military now does. They will be fully automated to pick off merchandise from assembly lines to fly to customers from service centers, return, recharge and go on to their next delivery.

They are fully battery operated and do not need fuel in contrast to most military drones.

This may be only the first generation of Delivery Drones. In my opinion within 2 years heavy duty, gas operated drones will be in service for large items like TV's and PC's. I also think that those drones will be used by our Post Office, UPS and FEDEX. If Amazon is bragging, the others are right behind them.

By the way, Amazon already has service centers all over the nation. I get almost all my Amazon deliveries NOW in one day. Thus, that center must be just 5 miles from my house or less. They must have large central centers which, in turn, deliver to local feeder centers. They also deliver to local Post Offices early in the morning which completes the delivery later in the day.

12-02-2013, 04:43 PM	#61
sirmaru Wizard Posts: 2,426 Karma: 6561538 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: Kindle PW 2013, HDX 2013, Galaxy S5 2014	I heard 2015 as the introductory year on "60 Minutes" if FAA approves. Of course, FAA may not oblige and I did read individual US States have bills to allow police and fire units, ONLY, to use drones. I had read elsewhere on the internet that Congress approved private ownership of drones last year. Personally, I THINK the drone deliveries will be operational by December, 2014, since that entire broadcast may have been done to put pressure on the FAA to speed things up. I also think that Amazon Prime Air will cost more than Amazon Prime and only some customers will buy it at first. I will definitely be one of the first. Those Amazon Prime Air drones ALREADY exist and are FLYING NOW !! "60 Minutes showed HUNDREDS of them in a service center, flying products to customers AND delivering to one customer. The video showed the drone flying down from 2 miles up to the customer waiting at the door. The customer removed the package from the hovering drone and then it flew upwards again. These drones will require customers to initiate the drop off since they will have to remove the package themselves. Again, in my OPINION, at the beginning those Delivery Drones will only ship Kindles next December since that is where the demand is huge when they introduce new models. Thus, some will get their new Kindle in one hour, others in one day and yet others in a week. the profit may be on the delivery rather than the Kindle, itself. Because of interference of our football games most "60 Minutes" viewers MISSED that broadcast. My DVR is set to allow for those football games. According to what I heard from Bezos on "60 Minutes" to Charlie Rose they will not require operators as our CIA and military now does. They will be fully automated to pick off merchandise from assembly lines to fly to customers from service centers, return, recharge and go on to their next delivery. They are fully battery operated and do not need fuel in contrast to most military drones. This may be only the first generation of Delivery Drones. In my opinion within 2 years heavy duty, gas operated drones will be in service for large items like TV's and PC's. I also think that those drones will be used by our Post Office, UPS and FEDEX. If Amazon is bragging, the others are right behind them. By the way, Amazon already has service centers all over the nation. I get almost all my Amazon deliveries NOW in one day. Thus, that center must be just 5 miles from my house or less. They must have large central centers which, in turn, deliver to local feeder centers. They also deliver to local Post Offices early in the morning which completes the delivery later in the day. Last edited by sirmaru; 12-02-2013 at 05:10 PM.