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Why Planes Don't Fly Faster

Wendover Productions · explainer · Watch on YouTube

Aviation & aerospace engineeringBusiness & economics (other)

What it is

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.

Why Hacker News recommends it

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

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2018, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “So much good stuff.”

    Why planes don't fly faster, among Wendover's airline videos.

    sillysaurus3, 2018-01 · Strong recommendation · in “As of today, no US passenger airlines operate the Boeing 747”

  2. “airplanes used to fly much faster in the 1960s than they do today.”

    Planes flew faster in the 1960s; explains why not now.

    ckocagil, 2018-07 · Recommendation · in “Is killing the boom the key to supersonic air travel?”

  3. “Why Planes Don't Fly Faster,”

    Listed among most educational YouTube videos from Twitter responses.

    yarapavan, 2019-04 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: What are the most educational,interesting or insightful vids on YouTube?”

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Topics: airliners, fuel efficiency, concorde, supersonic, wendover

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