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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. It covers the economics that favored twinjets like the 787 over four-engine aircraft like the A380 and 747.

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Why HN readers recommended it

HN recommends it whenever threads touch twin-engine ocean flights, diversions, or why the 747 and A380 are being retired.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
Wendover Productions
Topic
aviation economics
Format
explainer
Level
general
HN recommenders in dataset
4
HN mentions in dataset
6
Recommendation years in dataset
2017–2020

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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  • Yup, Wendover Productions (massive aeroplane nerd) did a fanatastic video about this, really recommend it if anyone's interested in the economics of airlines. [VIDEO]

    filereaper on Hacker News · 2017-10
    In As the 747 Begins Its Final Approach, a Pilot Takes a Flight Down Memory Lane

  • I was rolling my eyes at the subtitle. The article devolved from there. Some great (sometimes indirect) information on why the 747 and to a lesser extent the A380 are being phased out, from my new favorite YouTube channel, Wendover Productions: The Economics of Long-Haul …

    crikli on Hacker News · 2018-01
    In A personal ode to the Boeing 747

  • What amazes me more is that the newest twinjets are now considered reliable enough to fly six hours away from the nearest landing strip Yes, there's also a short video about that: [VIDEO] It's very interesting since ETOPS[1] affected the financial bets that Boeing made …

    jasode on Hacker News · 2017-10
    In Air France A380 over Greenland on Sep 30th: Fan and engine inlet separated

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