This isn’t the first we’ve heard about Amazon’s plans to use drones as a delivery system, although this is the first time we’ve actually seen them in action.

Throw into the mix the familiar voice of Jeremy Clarkson, seemingly with more time on his hands these days, and you have a video worth watching. We may still be waiting a while for the concept to take off, however, with this from Mashable:

…Amazon is still holding off on announcing exactly when its drones will take to the skies. On the updated Prime Air page featuring the new flight footage, a message reads, “Putting Prime Air into service will take some time, but we will deploy when we have the regulatory support needed to realize our vision.”

The FAA’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Registration Task Force Aviation Rulemaking Committee is still hammering out rules for private and commercial drone use in U.S. air space, so Amazon’s lack of a specific launch timeline for Prime Air is understandable.

I’m not sure how I feel about a fleet of unmanned drones buzzing around but let’s be real, we won’t see anything like this around these parts for many years so no need to worry.

[source:mashable]