Historic Flight as Drone Delivers Drugs in Va.

On July 17, Flirtey made history with the first drone delivery in the US, delivering 24 packages of urgent medical supplies in Wise, Va. The research flights took place in partnership with Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership at Virginia Tech, Remote Area Medical, including NASA’s Langley Research Center. Gov. Terry McAuliffe received the first package at the event, which will be remembered as a Kitty Hawk moment in the history of drone delivery.