Pilots of the Caribbean Podcast

About Pilots of the Caribbean Podcast

The Pilots of the Caribbean podcast is a weekly show about drones and the people that use them for fun, research or business in the Caribbean. In each episode, we'll cover a wide range of topics, including: How to use drones for business, fun, and research. New business opportunities in the drone industry. Regulatory changes affecting drone pilots. Exciting ways to take your interest in drones to the next level. We'll also feature interviews with drone pilots from around the Caribbean, who will share their stories and insights on how they're using drones to make a difference, make money, or just have fun. Whether you're a drone pilot, a business owner, or just someone who's interested in learning more about drones, Pilots of the Caribbean is the perfect podcast for you. So tune in every week for your dose of drone news, interviews, and insights. Subscribe today and never miss an episode!

Publisher

Alan Gabriel

Category

business · news · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

12 Nov 2023

Latest episode

6 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

78 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   6 Aug 2026

   Building the Caribbean Drone Hub with Prof. David Yawson

   As Director of CERMES at UWI Cave Hill, he's spent years watching Caribbean drone policy lag behind Caribbean drone practice, and he's doing something about it. In this conversation, Alan Gabriel talks with Professor Yawson about how CERMES built one of the region's earliest drone programs around monitoring sargassum strandings, why "banned" is the wrong word for Barbados' cautious permitting process, and how the Caribbean Drone Hub just rolled out the region's first tiered drone certif...

2. 

   1 Aug 2026

   July 2026 Caribbean Drone News: Jamaica, DJI, and the FCC

   Caribbean Drone News Page This month on Caribbean Drone News, Jamaica picks up hardware on two completely different fronts. Prime Minister Andrew Holness accepted the 2026 Esri President's Award for the National Drone Response that mapped Hurricane Melissa in real time, while Jamaica's Drone Soccer team came home from South Korea with a fifth place finish and a funding model worth studying. DJI also quietly flew its first cargo eVTOL near the summit of Mount Everest, hitting the highest docum...

3. 

   30 Jun 2026

   June 2026: Caribbean Drone News

   Code: CARIBBEAN100 Discount: $100 off an Exhibit Hall Only Pass or a Full Conference Pass Direct registration link (code pre-applied): https://www.xpressreg.net/register/UAVA0926/landing.php?sc=CARIBBEAN100 Devon McKellop episode Brian Smith episodes - Episode 1 | Episode 2 Ram Fish / 19Labs episode The Caribbean drone industry had a big June. In this month's Caribbean Drone News, Alan Gabriel covers four stories from Jamaica and Guyana that are quietly reshaping what's po...

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

90,790

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 44 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

45

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

32