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Aviation & aerospace engineering Videos Recommended on Hacker News (124)
Aviation & aerospace engineering is one of the 150 topics Hacker News readers organize their video recommendations around. These 124 videos each earned real recommendations in real HN threads between 2009 and 2026 — 232 recommendations in total — and they're ranked by how many separate months the community kept coming back to them, not by view count.
Aviation: airplanes, airlines, pilots, flight training, air traffic control, jet engines, aircraft design, crashes and investigations, paramotors, drones, helicopters, Boeing, aircraft history.
Why HN keeps sending people here — on Children Of The Magenta Line: “if you haven't seen this amazing talk, you should definitely give it a watch” — an HN commenter, 2024.
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2 mo on HNHow Budget Airlines Work
Wendover Productions
2 HN recommender · 2017–2019
2 mo on HNJet Fuel VS Diesel VS Gasoline how they burn and what color are they.
Just Think
2 HN recommender · 2018–2022
2 mo on HNMajor Brian Shul, USAF (Ret.) SR-71 Blackbird 'Speed Check'
Jan Johnson
2 HN recommender · 2018–2021
2 mo on HNArmadillo Aerospace - Mod free flight, engine restart, 4 views
Clark Lindsey
2 HN recommender · 2010–2014
2 mo on HNBoeing 777 Wing Test
mtthw0
2 HN recommender · 2013–2023
2 mo on HNThe Wright Brothers DID Invent the Airplane
Greg's Airplanes and Automobiles
2 HN recommender · 2023–2025
2 mo on HNBoeing: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
2 HN recommender · 2024–2024
2 mo on HNBoeing 737 Stall Escape manoeuvre, why MAX needs MCAS!!
Mentour Pilot
2 HN recommender · 2019–2020
2 mo on HNAutomation Dependency - Part One, by Capt. VanderBurgh (restored)
flightcrewguide.com
2 HN recommender · 2022–2025
2 mo on HNRotating Detonation Engine (RDE) -- Dynamics and Bifurcations
Nathan Kutz
2 HN recommender · 2021–2022
2 mo on HNBoeing 737 Unable to Trim!! Cockpit video (Full flight sim)
Mentour Pilot
3 HN recommender · 2019–2022
2 mo on HNPlanes clouds and vortices
flugsnug
2 HN recommender · 2017–2026
2 mo on HNHovering a Helicopter is Hilariously Hard - Smarter Every Day 145
SmarterEveryDay
2 HN recommender · 2017–2021
2 mo on HNaltitude chamber hypoxia training guy passes out
Kevin Hayward
2 HN recommender · 2014–2020
2 mo on HNEEVblog #854 - B52 Bomber Automatic Astro Compass Teardown
EEVblog
2 HN recommender · 2016–2017
2 mo on HNOne Typo, Wrong Continent
CGP Grey
2 HN recommender · 2022–2025
2 mo on HNBTD10: The 835kph Sailplane and Dynamic Soaring
TNG Technology Consulting GmbH
2 HN recommender · 2022–2023
2 mo on HNAircraft Development Update
Lilium
2 HN recommender · 2022–2024
2 mo on HNWhat Is A Rotating Detonation Engine - And Why Are They Better Than Regular Engines
Scott Manley
2 HN recommender · 2021–2024
2 mo on HNThe Three Rocketeers-2012:BBC-Future of Space trav
FirstSecondThoughts
2 HN recommender · 2012–2015
2 mo on HNBritish Airways Boeing 747-400 in D-Check
JDProductions INC.
2 HN recommender · 2012–2017
2 mo on HNAre Planes With Parachutes Really Safer?
AVweb
2 HN recommender · 2021–2025
1 mo on HNWorld's First Human-Powered Ornithopter
OrnithopterProject
1 HN recommend · 2012–2026
1 mo on HN21st Century Jet - Building the Boeing 777 - Full Episode 1
shareoldvideos
1 HN recommend · 2014–2021
1 mo on HNRobert Moss: Julia and the Next Generation Airborne Collision Avoidance System
The Julia Programming Language
1 HN recommend · 2016–2024
1 mo on HNFeature Discovery Series Episode 3: Aerodynamics
Microsoft Flight Simulator
1 HN recommend · 2020–2021
1 mo on HNHow Boeing Lost Its Way
Bloomberg Originals
1 HN recommend · 2020–2021
1 mo on HNIntroducing Safe Return Emergency Autoland
Cirrus
1 HN recommend · 2019–2024
1 mo on HNI Landed A Rocket Like SpaceX - Scout F
BPS.space
1 HN recommend · 2022–2025
1 mo on HN1/6 F-35 JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER IS A LEMON
BELAIR2000
1 HN recommend · 2014–2021
1 mo on HNMIT ACL - Variable Pitch Quadrotor
AerospaceControlsLab
1 HN recommend · 2013–2016
1 mo on HNControl Malfunctions & Flight Instrument Anomalies, by Captain Warren VanderBurgh.
flightcrewguide.com
1 HN recommend · 2016–2019
1 mo on HNElectroflight | Fully Charged
Everything Electric CARS
1 HN recommend · 2016–2018
1 mo on HNAir Traffic Control: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
1 HN recommend · 2025–2026
1 mo on HNUSS Forrestal C-130 Hercules Carrier Landing Trials
jaglavaksoldier
1 HN recommend · 2016–2023
1 mo on HNIon drive: The first flight
nature video
1 HN recommend · 2018–2022