Max begins with an AirVenture report after his first visit to Oshkosh in nine years. One of his main destinations was the new Vertical Lift Center, where he saw several aircraft that illustrate how quickly the eVTOL industry is developing. Joby occupied a prominent location near the entrance, giving Max his first opportunity to examine the company’s aircraft up close. Video of the Week: NYPD drone captures teen subway surfers on video Buy an AED (automated external defibrillator) for your hom

Max Trescott and Rob Mark devote this episode to one accident: the July 20, 2024 runway excursion involving Hawker Beechcraft 900XP N526FC at Telluride Regional Airport in Colorado. The Part 91 positioning flight carried only the captain and copilot and was returning to Miami after dropping off passengers. Neither pilot was injured, but the airplane sustained substantial lower-fuselage damage after overrunning Runway 27 and entering the airport’s engineered material arresting system, or EMAS. He

EAA AirVenture 2026’s new Vertical Lift Center will feature Joby Aviation, Beta Technologies, Wing, Zipline, and other drone and eVTOL innovators. In episode 446, Max Trescott and David Vanderhoof preview the aircraft, companies, and flight demonstrations that will bring advanced air mobility, drone delivery, personal flight, agricultural UAS technology, and remotely piloted aircraft into the heart of Oshkosh. The new AirVenture 2026 Vertical Lift Center is designed to unite helicopters, eVTO

The FAA’s proposed rules for routine beyond-visual-line-of-sight drone operations are approaching another major regulatory milestone. The proposed framework, titled “Normalizing Unmanned Aircraft Systems Beyond Visual Line of Sight Operations,” has reached review by the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. The rules would establish a new Part 108 operating framework for larger and more complex drone operations. Part 107 generally governs small unmanned aircraft weighing l