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Why Planes Don't Fly Faster

Wendover Productions explains why modern airliners fly no faster than they did decades ago, covering the economics of speed and fuel efficiency, and why supersonic travel faded.

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Why HN readers recommended it

Recommended as a clear economic explanation of aviation tradeoffs, relevant to Concorde and supersonic startup threads.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
Wendover Productions
Topic
aviation economics
Format
explainer
Level
general
HN recommenders in dataset
3
HN mentions in dataset
4
Recommendation years in dataset
2018–2022

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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  • If anyone finds the operation of airlines a fascinating topic, you might like Wendover Productions: [LINK] How airlines price flights [LINK] The little plane war [LINK] Why planes don't fly faster [VIDEO] The economics of Airline Class [LINK] How airlines schedule flights [LINK] I just …

    sillysaurus3 on Hacker News · 2018-01
    In As of today, no US passenger airlines operate the Boeing 747

  • This reminds me of a Wendover video I've seen. The author discovers that airplanes used to fly much faster in the 1960s than they do today. So our flight times have actually gone up! He then explains the reasons behind it. [VIDEO]

    ckocagil on Hacker News · 2018-07
    In Is killing the boom the key to supersonic air travel?

  • Selected Twitter responses: - Why Planes Don't Fly Faster, [VIDEO] - Akira Kurosawa - Composing Movement, [LINK] - Richard Hamming: "Learning to Learn", [LINK] - Rise and fall of Third Reich, [LINK] - The men who built America, [LINK] -History of the World, [LINK]

    yarapavan on Hacker News · 2019-04
    In Ask HN: What are the most educational,interesting or insightful vids on YouTube?

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