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.
Boeing Vietnam Airlines 787-9 Dreamliner Vertical Takeoff & Steep Turns 2015 Paris Air Show Prep
Boeing rehearses its 2015 Paris Air Show flying display of the Vietnam Airlines 787-9 Dreamliner, including a very steep takeoff and tight turns.
World's first manned flight with an electric multicopter
Footage of the first manned flight of an electric multicopter, flown by Volocopter (then e-volo) in October 2011.
New York City
Team BlackSheep flies FPV (first-person view) model aircraft over New York City, past the Brooklyn and Verrazano bridges, lower Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty.
FASTEST RC AIRPLANE IN THE WORLD! Transonic DP -- 545mph!!
A one-minute clip of Spencer Lisenby setting a 545 mph speed record in an RC glider, the Transonic DP, using dynamic soaring.
Boeing 707 roll by Test Pilot Tex Johnson
Footage of Boeing test pilot Tex Johnson barrel-rolling the Boeing 707 prototype over Lake Washington, followed by his explanation of the stunt.
Airflow across a wing
A one-minute clip from Cambridge's Prof.
Auto-GCAS Saves Unconscious F-16 Pilot—Declassified USAF Footage
Declassified HUD footage of an F-16 whose unconscious pilot is saved by the Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System.
Why Heathrow Airport Had Empty Flights to Nowhere
Half as Interesting explains why airlines flew empty 'ghost flights' out of Heathrow to keep their landing slots under use-it-or-lose-it rules.
A380 EMERGENCY EVACUATION TEST
Footage of Airbus's 2006 certification evacuation trial of the A380, in which 873 people left the aircraft within the required 90 seconds using half of the 16 doors.
Pilot Declares Emergency Because Of Extreme Hypoxia
Air traffic audio of a pilot slurring and incoherent while declaring an emergency due to extreme hypoxia, with controllers at Cleveland Center struggling to understand him.
Microburst Event
Amateur footage from 2014 of small airplanes being lifted and blown around during a microburst.
Quadrocopter failsafe algorithm: recovery after propeller loss
An ETH Zurich lab demonstration of a failsafe algorithm that lets a quadrocopter detect the loss of a propeller and recover, returning to its original position.
Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS) In Action
Coast Guard footage of a Cirrus SR-22 pilot who ran out of fuel over the Pacific and deployed the airframe parachute, then escaped into a life raft.
Paramedic Mountain Rescue!
Gravity Industries tests its jet suit for paramedic mountain rescue with the Great North Air Ambulance in the Lake District, reaching a casualty in 90 seconds versus a 25-minute climb.
Air Force Heavy Press Program (USAF film) by D.O.D.
A US Air Force film on the Heavy Press Program, which built some of the world's largest metal forging and extrusion presses for aircraft, starting from German presses taken after WWII.
Cessna 172 pilot with no training, no hours, only flight simulator experience. Takeoff and landing
A man with no flight instruction and only desktop flight simulator experience attempts to take off and land a Cessna 172, with a commercial airline instructor aboard who gives no help.
DJI Phantom 2 Injury
A one-minute clip showing an injury from a DJI Phantom 2 drone with stiff carbon fiber propellers.
Skydio Dock Tease
A teaser for the Skydio 2 Dock, a weatherproof charging base station that enables persistent, automated drone operations for enterprise uses such as site mapping and security patrols.
[REAL ATC] Air Astana has SERIOUS FLIGHT CONTROL ISSUES!
Real air traffic control audio of the Air Astana flight whose flight controls had been wired in reverse by a maintenance error.
Plane Crash Boeing 727 - HD Crash Test
Footage of a crash test of a Boeing 727 deliberately crashed in the Mexican desert, shown from multiple angles inside and outside.
Flying Lawnmower
A short clip of a jet-powered flying lawnmower, the Sky Cutter, and related RC flying lawnmowers.
SPRINT ABM - Zero to Mach 10 in 5 Seconds!
A short clip of the Sprint anti-ballistic missile, which was launched from a silo and reached Mach 10 within seconds.
Flying To McDonald's On My Paramotor
A vlog in which Tucker Gott flies a paramotor to a McDonald's for lunch, showing everyday powered paraglider flying.
Boeing 737NG horizontal stabilizer jackscrew cycle
A short clip shows the horizontal stabilizer jackscrew of a Boeing 737NG cycling through its motion.