Iona delivery drones are not your typical multi-propeller drone. They're small planes with a bathtub-sized cargo bay, but take off vertically, then the propellers tilt and it flies like an actual aircraft.

Listen up disruptors and curious minds! Today we're Thinking On Paper with CEO and founder Etienne Louvet.

On the agenda?

A new logistics vertical in the sky
Why British weather is the perfect training ground for delivery drones
What BVLOS actually means
Why "beyond visual line of sight" is critical
Why Iona are deliberately working under the strictest aviation regulators instead of going somewhere easy.

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Mark & Jeremy.

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TIMESTAMPS

(00:00) Intro

(01:50) How much weight can drones carry

(02:29) What counts as light cargo

(06:51) How drone regulations actually work

(13:04) Self-assessment and risk management

(14:12) Getting municipalities to say yes

(16:38) Weather problems

(19:48) Where Iona Drones is now

(20:58) Maximizing payload capacity

(21:58) Drone design choices

(23:27) BVLOS explained

(26:08) Drones and privacy concerns

(30:45) Implementing drones in existing logistics

(35:02) Where autonomous delivery is headed

(39:30) Technology and human progress