Sounds risky, I wonder what company would be willing to insure such a venture. I can hear the phone call now.
Amazon: We want to insure our inventory?
Potential Insurer: OK, what is the address of your warehouse?
Amazon: It’s going to be floating way up in the sky.
Potential Insurer: How close is the nearest fire department?
Amazon: It will vary with the prevailing winds.
Potential Insurer: You’re joking right.
Amazon: Nope.
Potential Insurer: Click... Ringtone.
Think of the liability when on eventually crashes. These are supposed to be near where people live since the drones will be delivering goods from them.
https://www.cnbc.com/2016/12/29/amazon-flying-warehouse-deploy-delivery-drones-patent.html
Amazon wins patent for a flying warehouse that will deploy drones to deliver parcels in minutes
Arjun Kharpal | @ArjunKharpal
Published 7:04 AM ET Thu, 29 Dec 2016