The Don, in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, will fly its kormas and keema naans using a Phantom¹ 3 drone so that hungry recipients² can watch their dinner flying to their door.

 

The meals will be packaged in thermal³ takeaway bag that fits securely on the bottom rails of the drone.

 

Restaurant owner Aki Rahman has applied⁴ for a Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) licence so he can legally pilot the aircraft.

 

The 30-year-old said: 'I'm determined⁵ to beat Google and Amazon and be the first to use delivery drones.

 

'We've done a trial run to my grandmother's house and it all went well.'

 

The progress of the curry-drone will be tracked back at The Don restaurant, which is based on Elder Gate near Milton Keynes Central railway station, and a specialist camera will even film its progress.

 

The innovative⁶ restaurateur was today keeping his fingers crossed in the hopes that the CAA will grant him permission to fly over built-up areas where power lines can pose a problem.

 

'I'm 80 per cent sure I will be allowed,' he said. 'But if not, I will stick to delivering in rural, open areas - perhaps delivering to a park if people want a special occasion picnic.'

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