My money is on a few people buying the systems just for the video downlink and screen.
Lets see how the first few review ones fly.
http://www.suasnews.com/2012/03/13932/ready-to-fly-first-person-view-aircraft/
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I'm using a 600mW 5.8GHz with CP antenna on the plane and patch antenna + antenna tracker on ground, and get 1.5km. At that range, signal is still strong. I've not been brave enough to go further as my 2.4GHz RC gear goes out of range about there, depending on altitude.
In many countries, choice of 5.8GHz is no choice, because there are no legal bands left once you have used 2.4Ghz for RC & 900MHz for XBee so it is probably a wise choice for them. I also like 5.8GHz because all the components are so compact, even the antennas are small.
I would definately swap out the Video Rx antenna for a CP one for best performance.
One downside of this integrated approach is that you can't use a diversity reciever with patch/CP antennas to get the best signal. Still, CP gives pretty good allround performance.
Price is $350 or $299 on offer but of course, none in stock. With a V2.0 its the $500 AV Raven!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HV8oMGf9Ho