Drone delivers package 97 miles over Texas in new record

In the Looney Tunes show, the Roadrunner character is infamous for his speedy escapes from his arch nemesis, Wild. Now, a team of drone experts who named themselves after the fast-running cartoon character have lived up to the name, setting a new record for long-distance drone delivery. Team Roadrunner managed to fly a fixed-wing drone 97 miles (156km) over Texas this week, using cellular connectivity. Team Roadrunner used a combination of a mobile command and control, a visual observer team and stationary visual observers equipped with radios to fly the UAV. The drone launched from a central Texas location, and flew a pre-planned route through the National Airspace System. It landed and delivered its four pound (1.8 kilogram) package in Austin.