thatloose

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Unfortunately the distances in Australia are far too vast for a system like this to work. You’d need extremely large drones and airstrips to suit which is a very different proposition.

Australia is kind of a similar length and breadth as the US (actually much smaller land area, though) but Rwanda is smaller than Massachusetts.

The Royal Flying Doctor Service operates 71 aircraft to provide emergency transport and supplies all over Australia. It’s quite a remarkable service and I’m sure they will be following Zipline closely to see what it could offer them.

My take is that the Zips aren’t particularly susceptible to piracy. They accelerate to 100 km/h in less than half a second at launch, they are small, they only loosely follow flight paths due to autonomous flight planning, and they don’t have any set schedule. I’m not sure how I’d attempt to intercept one short of taking a station but that’s next level.

Referees would still be able to give yellow cards for repeated infringements at breakdown or for offside play etc. though.