drone delivery Alphabet Inc.'s Wing drone delivers a package in Blacksburg, Virginia, on Aug. 7. (Photo: Charles Mostoller/Bloomberg)

(Bloomberg) – From her home in a wooded hollow in Virginia hill country, Brianna Smith and her two-year-old son Jack entered the aviation record books on Tuesday.

Just six minutes after a technician from Alphabet Inc.'s Wing clicked the "Confirm Order" button on a smartphone app, a drone operated by the company had flown from a simulated store more than a mile away, hovered over her lawn and lowered the ice cream and Popsicle she'd ordered.

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