How fast is a drone delivery? Very fast

 

After I posted a video of a drone delivering coffee to my home, two questions arose:

• How fast was the delivery and was the coffee still hot on arrival?
• Was the coffee secure and was any spilled en-route?

The delivery was very fast - either 5 or 0 minutes depending upon you count:

• 8:06pm - I decided to order coffee
• 8:11pm - I pressed the 'confirm order' button. (The time taken was because it was my first order so I needed to input my address and card details etc.)
• 8:16pm - They sent me a message to say the order was on its way and to make sure no people or pets were in the landing area.
• 8:20pm - The delivery was made.

The coffee was in sealed cardboard containers and no spillage happened.

Unexpected highlight of trip to Aran Islands

During a recent trip to the Aran Islands, I was delighted to get the unexpected bonus of being able to observe a simulated Helicopter rescue. I must say that, even in good weather, it was very exciting to watch coast guard guy get dropped from the Helicopter while the ferry still continued travelling at top speed. In the way back up the (empty) stretcher was bounced quite violently against the helicopter so maybe it is just as well there was no seriously ill patient on board.