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Everything we have published, newest first: the Wednesday reports, the Friday company profiles and The Manifest on Monday. The Manifest archive.

  1. The Manifest

    Walmart + Zipline Run 21 Drone Delivery Sites Today

    They plan up to 300 more

  2. The Manifest

    BETA Technologies: The Paper Trail

    Up 35%, its highest weekly close since January. Here is what the filings say about why.

  3. Report

    How Long Does FAA Type Certification Take? Look at the Dates

    HondaJet took 3,314 days. Cirrus took 2,974. Joby is at 2,923 and still counting...

  4. The Manifest

    🛸 Wireless Power for Drones

    Reach Power says its drone flew 10 hours on an energy beam. Plus Zipline, Tesla and Texas data.

  5. The Manifest

    Drones Grow Like Cars Did in 1909: 57.4% YoY

    Same Slope, 117 Years Apart

  6. Report

    The Drone Divergence: Private Marks Up, ETFs Down

    Should we be concerned...?

  7. Private marks keep marching higher.

  8. The Manifest

    Your Next Trip Could Be Electric

    An electric aircraft flew from New York to Vermont in 20 minutes

  9. White paper

    Terminal: A Point-in-Time Record of the Aerial Economy

    October 2026. Data as of October 20, 2026.

  10. The Manifest

    The Kids Believe Flying Cars Exist

    Let’s fulfill their dreams. The data says we’re on the way

  11. The Manifest

    Flying Cars Are Here

    Thank you, Elon

  12. The Manifest

    I Have To Admit

    I have a guilty pleasure - it’s not what you think

  13. The Manifest

    The Cost Per Mile Is Collapsing. Zipline Keeps Growing

    Horses, airlines, Zipline and a magnetically propelled future...?

  14. The Manifest

    Prompting For Gold

    Maybe it’s fool’s gold. Maybe not.

  15. The Manifest

    Dinner Is Airborne, 3,009 and Counting

    Zipline’s newest market, and the public record behind the fleet.

  16. The Manifest

    The Era of the Solopreneur

    The Marble Institute of Technology - it’s a vibe

  17. The Manifest

    Shield AI Goes Global

    Aerial Economy Logbook - September 2026

  18. The Manifest

    Will Drones Solve Last-Mile Delivery?

    Not so fast...

  19. The Manifest

    Electric Aviation Takes Flight in Switzerland

    Electrifly-In Switzerland Celebrates a Decade

  20. The Manifest

    Autumn Afternoon in Aspen

    Flying cars in Queenstown, New Zealand...?

  21. The Manifest

    Meet Hylio

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

  22. The Manifest

    Joby Just Made History

    It’s a flying robot

  23. The Manifest

    Follow the Phone

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

  24. The Manifest

    Boots On The Ground

    This is the Wild West

  25. The Manifest

    Are You Ready For Part 108?

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

  26. The Manifest

    America Is The Outlier

    What If We Privatized The Airport?

  27. The Manifest

    Here’s A Great Map

    Approved BVLOS Waivers for Possible DFR Programs

  28. The Manifest

    I Think I Found Something

    Drone Infrastructure as a Service

  29. The Manifest

    The Market Sees the Shift

    $TSLA ripping ahead of its Cybercab launch event

  30. The Manifest

    Drones Take Flight!

    The Aerial Economy Update - August 2026

  31. The Manifest

    The Biggest Shift Since The Stagecoach

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

  32. The Manifest

    How Drones Are Changing Emergency Response

    Founders + Friends with David Bigelow

  33. The Manifest

    Cleaning A Backcountry Airfield

    Important lessons on risk

  34. The Manifest

    Flying Cars and Dinosaurs

    Grand Junction’s Regional Airport Board Meeting

  35. The Manifest

    Uber Taps Zipline For Drone Delivery

    The partnership targets 231x growth in ~40 months!

  36. The Manifest

    How Do We Make Flying Cars Boring!?

    A conversation with Vight founder Tsung Xu

  37. The Manifest

    The World’s Largest Electric Aircraft Takes Flight

    Heart Aerospace is at the Edge of Innovation

  38. The Manifest

    The Aerial Economy Is A Global Trend

    And Ondas Posts Record-Setting Earnings, Again

  39. The Manifest

    Are We Trying Too Hard?

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

  40. The Manifest

    The Edge of Aviation Innovation

    DARPA’s Vertical Lift Challenge

  41. The Manifest

    State of the Aerial Economy

    It’s Electric ⚡️

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