"Skydiving From a Drone - A World First "

[flhrci]

http://www.dropzone.com/news/Press_Releases/Skydiving_From_a_Drone_-_A_World_First_1299.html

 

[Rebel Lord]

Welcome to the future

 

[Zeldman]

 

[Anymouse]

Even more, I believe this may go down as the first passenger to be flown in an unmanned aerial vehicle.

 

[flhrci]

Even more, I believe this may go down as the first passenger to be flown in an unmanned aerial vehicle.

I see where you are coming from, but was it not manned at least temporarily? I think we have to redefine UAV.

 

[pmanton]

Not much of a delay. Why'd he pull so high?
Yawn

 

[Anymouse]

I see where you are coming from, but was it not manned at least temporarily? I think we have to redefine UAV.

I started to say un-piloted, but there would have been a ground based pilot I assume. You're right though. There will probably be a whole bunch of different definitions floating around for a while.

 

[nauga]

With every new advance in aviation technology comes a person to find a new way to fall out of it or jump off of it.

Nauga,
who doesn't fly so much as plummet

 

[nauga]

Even more, I believe this may go down as the first passenger to be flown in an unmanned aerial vehicle.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Gagarin

Nauga,
in the can

 

[arkvet]

I guess its kinda neat... but consider me in the under-impressed camp.

 

[MAKG1]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Gagarin

Nauga,
in the can

Mustn't forget https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Walters