North Dakota's nasty winter weather is ideal for California drone company's testing
Zipline, founded in 2014, delivers medical supplies, including blood, pharmaceutical supplies and vaccines in the United States and around the world.
11:00 am, Mar. 9, 2021
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Zipline International's Christopher Richez, left, and Mikkel Green demonstrate a launch of a drone at their testing site in a beanfield near Hatton. Photo by Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald
HATTON, N.D. — A drone swooped into the Zipline test site in a field near Hatton, N.D., on a cold early March day. Sensing the winds weren’t optimal for a recovery, the craft aborted the approach and circled back around for another attempt.