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The Wright brothers built protypes that were drones to see if they would fly correct and then when they though it was safe they flew in it.
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This is the first drone and it was used to drop a bomb over Venice Italy in a war against Australia. Australia was afraid of getting shot down so the had a drone drop it and crash land.
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Reginald Denny and the Radioplane. The first large-scale production, purpose-built drone was the product of Reginald Denny. He served with the British Royal Flying Corps during World War I, and after the war, in 1919, emigrated to the United States to seek his fortunes in Hollywood as an actor.
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The military is starting to build UAV drones that fly over danger drones and spot the animals or problems.
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A drone of the surveillance drone system used by the Royal Artillery was given a pre-launch check at Larkhill in Wiltshire England May 1962. This was the first kind of new drones made by the Royal Artillery in the 1960s to extend observation over the battlefield and to locate targets for new long range weapons.
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The British military shot a drone off of a truck that they would control with a remote control. They were testing the distance and range a drone could fly but still have clear connection so that the Britains can spy on the Germans .
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The rocket powered Midge Drone was designed to carry out aerial photo reconnaissance on a pre-programmed flight. It was equipped with a single camera loaded with either black and white photographic film for daylight missions or infra-red for night missions.
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A pilotless drone aircraft designed for reconnaissance and artillery spotting used by British forces in the Gulf War.
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This UAV was operated by 32 Regiment Royal Artillery for intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance
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The MQ-9 baseline system carries the Multi-Spectral Targeting System, which has a robust suite of visual sensors for targeting
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The Fire department in China created a drone that could fly up to a skyscraper so that they could locate and send a message to the department for what floor and side it was on. It would then spray water to neutralize the fire until the water hoses could get up there.
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A photographer was flying a drone around the Seattle space needle and he lost control and crashed in to a window and cut a person's arm from the glass debree.
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Photographers started using drones and putting a go pro on the front so they could take ariel pictures of weddings and everything.
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Amazon and other popular shipping companies have started investing in making drones and programming them so that the company can attach the package and put in a dress in their code and it will deliver than come back to the HQ.
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Some airport have added drones that people fly around to scare away birds and other animals that could be harmed or hurt the plane.
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People use drones for all sorts of things even racing, they set up tall post and race to the end through obstacle courses.
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Farmers are looking into building drones that have a sprayer attached to them so that it can fertilize and check the plants for viruses.
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Drones have gotten a lot more expensive some smalls ones start at 20 dollars. The big ones for photography cost about 4-500 dollars. Military drones cost up too 1000000 dollars or more.