Haye Kesteloo

Haye Kesteloo is the Editor in Chief and Founder of DroneXL.co, where he covers all drone-related news, DJI rumors and writes drone reviews, and of EVXL.co, for all electric vehicle news. Haye can be reached at haye @ dronexl.co or @hayekesteloo. Also on LinkedIn, Muck Rack, Instagram and YouTube.

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A blue, white and gold VISA hot air balloon floats in a clear blue sky above a multi-lane road and roadside businesses in Albuquerque.

Haye Kesteloo · FAA

FBI's Balloon Fiesta No Drone Zone Runs On A Clock: 10.5 Hours A Day

FBI counter-drone teams are enforcing the Balloon Fiesta TFR, but the FAA's two NOTAMs run 5:30 a.m. to noon and 4 to 8 p.m. daily, not around the clock.

Haye KestelooOct 45 min read

Two children in pilot caps sitting at a junior flight simulator cockpit with multiple display screens

Europe

Estonia's Capital Trains Kids From 8 on Drones, Citing Russia

Tallinn opened a drone classroom for children aged 8 to 16 and it is already fully booked. The city sold it as STEM. Its creator says the motive is Russia.

Haye KestelooOct 4

A crowd of journalists and officials gathered in front of the fire-damaged, partly collapsed National Academy of Sciences building in Kyiv.

Ukraine

Germany Funds Jet-Drone Interceptors As Ukraine's Best Hits 30%

Merz arrived in Kyiv with €1.3 billion, part of it for mass-producing interceptors against Russia's jet Shaheds. Zelensky says the best one downs 30% of targets.

Haye KestelooOct 4

Amazon

Amazon North Haven Drone Hold Disputed as Legislators Meet Oct. 5

North Haven's first selectman says Amazon put its drone plan on hold. The CT House GOP leader says that is not the case. DEEP comments run to Oct. 15.

Haye KestelooOct 4

FPV pilot Parker Sheppard wearing goggles and holding a controller beside the Kinzua Bridge viaduct in Pennsylvania, with a 5-inch freestyle drone carrying a GoPro overhead

FPV

FPV Pilot Flies Kinzua Bridge, A Pennsylvania Park That Bans Drones

Parker Sheppard dove an FPV quad around Kinzua Bridge on a permit he says Pennsylvania granted. DCNR allows drones at six parks. Kinzua isn't one.

Haye KestelooOct 3

The Mach Initiative's orange 3D-printed KingChaser jet aircraft sitting on a black launch rail on grass, with its jet turbine exhaust visible at the rear

Technology

Mach Initiative Builds 20-Lb RC Jet to Break the 9-Year 465 mph Record

University of Bath students unveiled KingChaser, a 300-newton 3D-printed jet built to beat Niels Herbrich's 465 mph Guinness record. It has not flown yet.

Haye KestelooOct 3

Six members of the Westborough Select Board and town staff seated at a blue-draped table on the Mill Pond School stage during the October 1, 2026, meeting on Amazon Prime Air

Amazon

Amazon's Westborough Drone Launch Now Hinges on a Zoning Appeal

Residents have appealed Westborough's ruling that Amazon's drone pad is an accessory use. The ZBA now decides whether the town can say no at all.

Haye KestelooOct 3

Leaked DJI Neo 3 Fly More Combo retail box showing the drone with spoked propeller guards and the DJI RC Mini controller

DJI

DJI Neo 3 Leak Puts the Osmo Action 6 Square Sensor in a 193 g Drone

A leaked DJI Neo 3 marketing sheet lists a square 1/1.1-inch sensor with native vertical shooting, 2x lossless zoom and the RC Mini. The Neo 2 has a 1/2-inch sensor.

Haye KestelooOct 3

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