AVweb: the videos Hacker News recommends
Not the channel's most viewed videos: the ones HN commenters kept linking with real commentary. The top pick, "The Long, Twisted And Slightly Ridiculous Story of Avgas Part 1", hN recommends the series as an insightful, humorous account of why unleaded aviation fuel is so hard to approve.
- 3 HN recommenders 3 months 2022–2026explainerHN recommends the series as an insightful, humorous account of why unleaded aviation fuel is so hard to approve.
- 3 HN recommenders 3 months 2022–2026explainerHN recommends the series for explaining why unleaded avgas has been so hard to approve, usually in threads about FAA and EPA fuel decisions.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2021–2025explainerCited in aviation-accident threads as a compact analysis of whether whole-aircraft parachutes work, with the track record described as impressive.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2021–2025demoHN points to it as a concrete demo of emergency autoland when threads discuss pilot incapacitation and aviation automation.
Questions
Which AVweb video does Hacker News recommend most?
The Long, Twisted And Slightly Ridiculous Story of Avgas Part 1: recommended in 3 different months by 3 HN users between 2022 and 2026.
Is this every AVweb video?
No. Only videos that at least three different HN users linked, in at least three different months, with at least a sentence of their own commentary. That filter is what makes the list useful.
Video list and Hacker News comment labels from HackerTube (prompted by @karpathy), released under ODC-By 1.0, built on the open-index/hacker-news archive. Hacker News data is provided by Y Combinator; comments remain the work of their authors. Video titles, channel names and thumbnails belong to their creators and are shown via YouTube. HackerTube Watch is an unofficial edition. Data export of 2026-10-31.