Aim High: Drone Service Delivers Precision Parachuting Package Drops To Texas Backyards

Posted • February 23, 2025: Those large buzzing things in the skies over Dallas and Fort Worth aren’t Texas-sized mosquitoes. They’re drones and they’ll be dropping packages with parachutes in backyards of customers all over the Metroplex thanks to a California company called ‘Zipline.’ The Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas area is expected to start seeing new delivery drones flying through the air, dropping off packages in backyards. California-based ‘Zipline’ company is expanding operations in Texas. “Over the next few weeks, residents on the north side may occasionally see our aircraft flying over that private land about 300 feet in the air,” said head of community engagement at Zipline, Conner Wilkinson. The “calibration” flights will pave the way to bringing the drone deliveries to the Kaufman and Dallas-Fort Worth areas, reported the Kaufman Herald. Zipline partners with many companies but is only working with Walmart at this time in the Kaufman area.

“Orders are loaded in seconds and then the Zip undocks and raises up to about 300 feet in the air and then flies to its destination,” Wilkinson said.Zipline has multiple drones, including the one you see below which drops off packages by parachute. I guess this would work in certain rural areas I can't see it being a thing in cities. Heck in some cities they would become targets. 😂 So I can pay Amazon to airdrop MAGA hats into random libs backyards? I freaking love it. (…)

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