The Tilted Kilt Pub & Eatery, which has Connecticut restaurants in Wethersfield and Milford, said it has made the world’s first delivery of chicken wings by drone.
The restaurant teamed up with Joe Papa, a quad-copter pilot and editor of MultiRotor Pilot Magazine, to deliver a two-pound wing order about a third of a mile up the road to AudioworksCT on Old Gate Lane in Milford.
The flight took place June 17, and the Tilted Kilt released a promotional video online last week.
There are plenty of companies using drones to deliver food or drinks. But the Tilted Kilt scoured the Internet and found many of those stories, but none were about chicken wings, said Kyle Reyes of The Silent Partner Marketing, which worked with the restaurant on the promotion.
Commercial use of drones is forbidden under U.S. Federal Aviation Administration rules, though the agency recently issued its first ever commercial permit, to oil company BP for surveying in Alaska.
Asked about the legality of the Tilted Kilt delivery, Reyes said the restaurant was careful to not cross into commercial use. There was no payment made for the delivery and all filming was done on private property, he said.
For now, the delivery is just a marketing tactic, but Reyes said the restaurant hopes to be able to deliver by drone in the future.
