2. Domino’s conducted a test using a drone which they called the ‘DomiCopter’ to deliver pizza. The Domicopter flew for 10 minutes and successfully delivered its precious cargo.

3. The authorities from other countries tend to use drones to their benefit, for example in Tokyo the police have developed a special drone unit, where drones with nets are being used to catch other flying tech.

4. Drones can be used to produce beautiful ariel photos or footage.

5. A drone, also known as an unmanned aerial vehicle, (UAV) is an aircraft without a pilot on board.

6. A drones flight is usually controlled in two ways; either autonomously by computers in the vehicle (auto pilot) or under the remote control of a pilot on the ground.

7. The estimated number of commercial drones that were purchased for Christmas in 2015 sits at 400,000

8. The global drone market could be worth $127 billion by 2020.

9. 4K drones now cost less than stand-alone action cameras.

10. DJI Innovations is already worth $8b

And 1970 was also the year that a Boeing 737-200, with the serial number 20335, made its maiden flight for Air California.

Almost 50 years on, Air California has long since folded, Harold Wilson and Bestie have shuffled off this mortal coil, and Nasa is hoping to start a colony on Mars. But 20335 is still going strong in the services of Airfast Indonesia, under the registration PK-OCG.

Orville and Wilbur Wright in 1905

 | American

 | inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful airplane
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Orville Wright

 | August 19, 1871
Dayton, Ohio

 | January 30, 1948(aged 76)
Dayton, Ohio

 | 3 years high school

 | Printer/publisher, bicycle retailer/manufacturer, airplane inventor/manufacturer, pilot trainer
Wilbur Wright

 | April 16, 1867
Millville, Indiana

 | May 30, 1912(aged 45)
Dayton, Ohio

 | 4 years high school

 | Editor, bicycle retailer/manufacturer, airplane inventor/manufacturer, pilot traine