Notes on the Aerial Economy

Shield AI Goes Global

Aerial Economy Logbook - September 2026

Will Drones Solve Last-Mile Delivery?

Not so fast...

Electric Aviation Takes Flight in Switzerland

Electrifly-In Switzerland Celebrates a Decade

Autumn Afternoon in Aspen

Flying cars in Queenstown, New Zealand...?

Meet Hylio

The ag drone manufacturer grew its fleet 50% in 6 months

Joby Just Made History

It’s a flying robot

Follow the Phone

Aviation is running telecom’s playbook. The year is 1985.

Boots On The Ground

This is the Wild West

Are You Ready For Part 108?

What gets built. What doesn’t change. Where it stands.

America Is The Outlier

What If We Privatized The Airport?

Here’s A Great Map

Approved BVLOS Waivers for Possible DFR Programs

I Think I Found Something

Drone Infrastructure as a Service

The Market Sees the Shift

$TSLA ripping ahead of its Cybercab launch event

Drones Take Flight!

The Aerial Economy Update - August 2026

The Biggest Shift Since The Stagecoach

You get in, and it takes you where you’re going.

How Drones Are Changing Emergency Response

Founders + Friends with David Bigelow

Cleaning A Backcountry Airfield

Important lessons on risk

Flying Cars and Dinosaurs

Grand Junction’s Regional Airport Board Meeting

Uber Taps Zipline For Drone Delivery

The partnership targets 231x growth in ~40 months!

How Do We Make Flying Cars Boring!?

A conversation with Vight founder Tsung Xu

The World’s Largest Electric Aircraft Takes Flight

Heart Aerospace is at the Edge of Innovation

The Aerial Economy Is A Global Trend

And Ondas Posts Record-Setting Earnings, Again

Are We Trying Too Hard?

The FAA expects US air travel to double in the next 20 years

The Edge of Aviation Innovation

DARPA’s Vertical Lift Challenge

State of the Aerial Economy

It’s Electric ⚡️