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UAV News Talk

UAV News Talk

The UAV Digest is your go-to source for drone, UAV, UAS, and eVTOL news. We cover the latest developments in drone regulations, pilot certification, emerging tech, advanced air mobility (AAM), and real-world use cases across industries. Whether you’re a drone pilot, developer, policy maker, or just ...

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June 16, 2025

430 DJI Drone Ban, Battery Fires, and Beta Alia’s Transatlantic Flight

In episode 430 of UAV News Talk , Max Trescott and David Vanderhoof return from vacation with urgent news and safety concerns in the drone industry. The episode opens with a major headline: the DJI Mavic 4 Pro is not availabl...
May 29, 2025

429 The UAV Digest Relaunch: eVTOLs, Drones, and the Future of Flight

Episode 429 marks a major milestone for the podcast formerly known as The UAV Digest , soon to be relaunched as UAV News Talk . Max Flight and David Vanderhoof return to the mic after a long hiatus to introduce new co-host Ma...
April 30, 2025

428 We’re Coming Back and We need Your Feedback to Make Us Better

If you’ve been a longtime listener, you know it’s been a while — actually, a couple of years — since our last episode. But the good news is: The UAV Digest is coming back! Since we last released an episode, the world of drone...
April 14, 2023

427 Drone Safety Day 2023

Drone Safety Day is April 29, a drone that changes shape, jump-starting your car with a drone, Florida bans DJI from government agencies, decision-making for small UAVs, drones that work together without colliding, adding VTO...

About the Hosts

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Max Trescott

President

Max Trescott is President of Glass Cockpit Publishing, which owns the Aviation Podcast Network. He is the 2008 National CFI of the Year, selected to represent the 96,000 flight instructors in the U.S. He’s written three books on the Garmin G1000, G3000 and on GPS and WAAS and has online courses for the G1000 at PilotLearning.com. He's also trained in accident investigation at USC.

He lives in the S.F. Bay Area and is a Cirrus Platinum CSIP instructor teaching in Cirrus Aircraft, including the Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet. He became a cohost for the Airplane Geeks podcast in 2015. He started the Aviation News Talk podcast in 2017, which focuses on general aviation and safety. Of the over 250 aviation-related podcasts, Aviation News Talk typically ranks #1 or #2. He's also writes a monthly column for FLYING magazine.

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David Vanderhoof

Cohost

David grew up around aircraft. His father was Base Civil Engineer for the USAF 913th TAG at Willow Grove, PA. His first toy was an airplane; from that point on he never stopped looking up. David graduated from Temple University with a degree in Military History and Diplomacy, focusing on the air wars of the Middle East. Realizing that there was no money in knowing about the Air Orders of Battle of Israel and the rest of the Middle Eastern States, and he needed to eat, he eventually landed in a career as a marketing professional.

He founded and co-hosted the original The UAV Digest podcast with Max Flight, who has since left the show. The show name was later changed to UAV News Talk.

David is a plastic modeler, photographer, and reader. You will always find him paging through books looking up some obscure piece of information, or “geeking” out on the latest episode of Doctor Who! He can be found on his blog What Just Flew By?

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