PickVidsBest Aviation & aerospace engineering Videos
The 124 Aviation & aerospace engineering videos here were recommended by different people across different months. Choose by who it is for: 1 introductory, 12 intermediate, 109 for a general viewer, and 2 for someone who wants the harder derivation. Most of them are a demo. What they share is that you see the result first and only then decide whether to follow the detail. Channels you will keep seeing include Wendover Productions, Mentour Pilot, AVweb.
Children Of The Magenta Line
A re-upload of American Airlines captain Warren Vanderburgh's 1997 presentation warning that pilots who over-rely on cockpit automation lose manual flying skills and awareness.
The Economics of Airline Class
Wendover Productions explains how airlines make money from different cabin classes and why premium seats matter so much to profits.
David Fravor: UFOs, Aliens, Fighter Jets, and Aerospace Engineering | Lex Fridman Podcast #122
Lex Fridman interviews Navy pilot David Fravor, a primary witness of the 2004 Tic Tac UFO encounter, about the sighting, military aviation and aerospace engineering.
The Fastest Way to Board a Plane Feels Like the Slowest
CGP Grey compares airplane boarding methods, based on an arXiv paper, and shows why the intuitive back-to-front approach is slow while random or outside-in boarding does better.
Zipline - How Rwanda Built A Drone Delivery Service
Real Engineering explains how Zipline built a drone delivery network for medical supplies in Rwanda.
Pulling Power from the Sky: The Story of Makani [Feature Film]
A feature-length film by the Makani team chronicling their thirteen-year effort to build energy kites that harvest wind power, with footage from test sites in Hawaii, California and Norway.
Joe Rogan Experience #1361 - Cmdr. David Fravor & Jeremy Corbell
A Joe Rogan podcast with retired Navy commander David Fravor, who describes his 2004 Tic Tac UFO encounter, and filmmaker Jeremy Corbell.
Big Plane vs Little Plane (The Economics of Long-Haul Flights)
Wendover Productions explains why Boeing's efficient 787 beat Airbus's giant A380, contrasting hub-and-spoke with point-to-point routes.
Why You Should Put YOUR MASK On First (My Brain Without Oxygen) - Smarter Every Day 157
Destin Sandlin of Smarter Every Day undergoes hypoxia training and experiences his own impaired thinking as oxygen is withdrawn.
The Boeing 787: Broken Dreams l Al Jazeera Investigations
An Al Jazeera investigation into Boeing's 787 Dreamliner, featuring current and former engineers who voice safety concerns.
A NEW Trace! The FULL MH370 Story, so Far..
Mentour Pilot's 56-minute account of the MH370 disappearance and what is now known, including the WSPR radio tracking technique and other sensing methods.
How to crash an airplane – Nickolas Means | The Lead Developer UK 2016
Nickolas Means tells the story of United Airlines Flight 232, which lost all flight control yet saved more than half its passengers.
Super Pointy Sprint Missile - 0 to Mach 10 in 15 Seconds - 100Gs & 6000°F
A short video on the US Sprint anti-ballistic missile, which accelerated to around Mach 10 in seconds under extreme g-forces and heat.
Mars Helicopter (before it went to Mars)
Veritasium's Derek Muller visits NASA JPL to see the Mars helicopter Ingenuity before it was mounted on the rover.
Drone Delivery Was Supposed to be the Future. What Went Wrong?
Wendover Productions explains why drone delivery has not become the future once promised.
The Vanishing of Flight 370
LEMMiNO's 25-minute documentary on the 2014 disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.
Runaway Stabilizer!! How to stop MCAS.
A Boeing 737 pilot explains the runaway stabilizer checklist, the procedure for stopping unwanted horizontal stabilizer movement such as an MCAS activation on the 737 MAX.
Small Planes Over Big Oceans (ETOPS Explained)
A short Wendover Productions explainer on ETOPS, the rules that let twin-engine jets fly long routes over oceans.
Are Electric Planes Possible?
Real Engineering analyzes whether electric planes are feasible, focusing on battery energy density limits compared with jet fuel.
Festo - SmartBird
Festo's promo video of SmartBird, an ultralight bionic flying model inspired by the herring gull that flaps and twists its wings to fly.
How Overnight Shipping Works
Wendover Productions explains how overnight shipping works, covering the hub-and-spoke logistics of companies like FedEx and UPS and the use of cargo aircraft.
People & Power - On a wing and a prayer
An Al Jazeera English People & Power investigation from 2010 into safety problems with the Boeing 737NG, featuring whistleblowers on cracking parts, hand-made structural components and an alleged cover-up.
Doug McLean | Common Misconceptions in Aerodynamics
Retired Boeing Technical Fellow Doug McLean walks through common misconceptions in aerodynamics, drawing on his book Understanding Aerodynamics.
How Airlines Quietly Became Banks
A Wendover Productions explainer arguing that major airlines make much of their profit from loyalty programs and co-branded credit cards rather than flying.