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MightyFly Drone Performs Tethered Test Flights at HMB Airport; Good For Disaster Deliveries?

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MightyFly Drone Company at the Half Moon Bay Airport.

You may have noticed some drone activity at the Half Moon Bay Airport lately.

This is MightyFly, currently performing controlled and tethered test flights at the Half Moon Bay airport under the approval of both the Federal Aviation Administration and the Half Moon Bay airport.

What is MightyFly?

MightyFly is developing the future of logistics, freeing the flow of goods from flat 2D constraints into using the open 3D airspace all around us.

MightyFly aims to improve expedited deliveries by making them faster, more affordable, and eco-friendly.

With its autonomous vertical take-off and landing cargo aircraft capable of carrying up to 500lbs across a 600 mile range, MightyFly is ensuring that goods from urgent medical supplies to everyday items can be shipped safely and efficiently.

 

Learn more here: https://mightyflying.com/.

 

Local AgencyCounty Manager’s Office Christa BigueCounty of San Mateo

 

Expedited Delivery Service

  • Low Cost
  • Carbon Neutral
  • High Speed: 150 mph
  • Long Range: 600 miles
  • Large cargo capacity: 500lbs, Small 100lbs
  • Multi Package
  • Zero infrastructure
  • Rapid Deployment

 

Hybrid VTOL Unmmaned Aircraft

  • Fully Autonomous
  • Electric Vertical Takeoff And Landing
  • Long Range
  • Safe
  • Reliable

Instant access to goods

MightyFly is revolutionizing the logistics market with a delivery service that is both 10x cheaper and 10x faster.
MightyFly provides deliveries with high speed cargo autonomous aircraft with 600 miles of range and 200 lbs of cargo capacity.
MightyFly specializes in expedited deliveries for both businesses and consumers across all industry sectors.
MightyFly’s co-founders are Manal Habib and Scott Parker.
Manal is a passionate MIT/Stanford aerospace engineer. She previously led flight controls at Zipline and developed the first robust commercial flight controller. She is also a private pilot and building her own airplane.
Scott has designed and brought to life over a dozen unmanned aircraft, lead engineering and product teams and established offshore manufacturing. He was Zipline’s Senior Mechanical Engineer for 3 years.

MightyFly on TechCrunch:

Manal Habib• 3rd+CEO and co-founder at MightyFly

“MightyFly?


What: Big honkin’ autonomous drones.


Why we like it: Drones are cool. Drone delivery is super cool. Big honkin’ drones that can fly more than 300 miles and carry payloads in excess of 50 pounds at a fraction of the cost of helicopters are extra cool.

These drones feature automated cargo loading and unloading, and requiring no launch or recovery infrastructure and the founding team comes from the $1.2 billion drone unicorn, Zipline. Metal.”

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  1. Such a beautiful vision it is, a world where blue herons and pelicans and starlings are replaced in our skies by 150-mph, 500-lb-carrying, mechanical delivery missiles. Not only will it be good for our souls, but it will solve the real killer problem that vexes the world in the 21st century: faster delivery of consumer goods, er oh yeah, critical lifesaving medicines, materials, and resources (probably delivered free of charge too). The question humans should ask themselves every day, especially the MIT/CalTech/Stanford/Harvard types that love to push, push, push: It is not whether it can be done, but whether it should be done. There is no doubt this can be done; and there is no doubt in my mind it should not be done. Yesterday Radio Shack toy drones; today 150-mph, 500-lb-carrying, mechanical delivery missiles; tomorrow flying cars. The flying objects will get bigger, faster, heavier, more. Once done, things like this cannot be undone. Enjoy your open skies now.

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