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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

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20261,372 stories
Airport Simulator↗ airport.apunen.com · HN · 167 comments · 856 points · Jul 20, 2026
F3↗ github.com · HN · 134 comments · 657 points · Jun 23, 2026
StarFighter 16-Inch↗ us.starlabs.systems · HN · 389 comments · 687 points · May 06, 2026
Artemis II is not safe to fly↗ idlewords.com · HN · 638 comments · 909 points · Mar 31, 2026
Heathrow scraps liquid container limit↗ bbc.com · HN · 818 comments · 632 points · Jan 23, 2026
20252,003 stories
Unlocking free WiFi on British Airways↗ saxrag.com · HN · 155 comments · 669 points · Oct 24, 2025
Ryanair flight landed at Manchester airport with six minutes of fuel left↗ theguardian.com · HN · 557 comments · 734 points · Oct 10, 2025
The FAA’s Hiring Scandal↗ tracingwoodgrains.com · HN · 666 comments · 739 points · Feb 05, 2025
Commercial jet collides with Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan airport↗ mediaite.com · HN · 675 comments · 668 points · Jan 30, 2025
Boom XB-1 First Supersonic Flight [video]↗ youtube.com · HN · 525 comments · 713 points · Jan 28, 2025
20242,678 stories
Launch HN: Airhart Aeronautics (YC S22) – A modern personal airplane↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 615 comments · 738 points · Aug 05, 2024
What Boeing did to all the guys who remember how to build a plane↗ prospect.org · HN · 532 comments · 871 points · Mar 28, 2024
Boeing whistleblower found dead in US↗ bbc.com · HN · 556 comments · 1335 points · Mar 11, 2024
Airfoil↗ ciechanow.ski · HN · 296 comments · 2544 points · Feb 27, 2024
FAA orders grounding of more than 170 Boeing 737 Max 9s↗ cnbc.com · HN · 838 comments · 861 points · Jan 06, 2024
20232,268 stories
Thanks to Don Bateman, airplanes don't crash into mountains anymore (2016)↗ bloomberg.com · HN · 71 comments · 126 points · Dec 27, 2023
I told the flight attendant "the WiFi isn't working"↗ twitter.com · HN · 169 comments · 232 points · Dec 25, 2023
Can Microsoft Flight Simulator help me learn to fly or make me a better pilot?↗ aviation.stackexchange.com · HN · 260 comments · 410 points · Dec 24, 2023
Hobby Club’s Missing Balloon Feared Shot Down by USAF↗ aviationweek.com · HN · 77 comments · 101 points · Feb 16, 2023
Easter egg in flight path of last 747 delivery flight↗ flightradar24.com · HN · 31 comments · 151 points · Feb 01, 2023
20222,112 stories
I Fell 15,000 Feet and Lived (2009)↗ uss-la-ca135.org · HN · 257 comments · 707 points · Oct 26, 2022
Passenger with “no idea how to fly” lands plane after pilot incapacitated↗ cbsnews.com · HN · 469 comments · 814 points · May 11, 2022
French fighter jet joy ride goes très, très wrong (2020)↗ caranddriver.com · HN · 226 comments · 675 points · Apr 24, 2022
In-flight surgery with a coat-hanger and silverware↗ en.wikipedia.org · HN · 209 comments · 707 points · Mar 17, 2022
Boeing 777 departing Dubai nearly had a major incident after takeoff↗ onemileatatime.com · HN · 557 comments · 780 points · Jan 01, 2022
20212,032 stories
Stealth bomber in flight on Google Maps↗ google.com · HN · 374 comments · 2244 points · Dec 20, 2021
Supersonic Trebuchet↗ hackaday.com · HN · 236 comments · 650 points · Dec 01, 2021
United Airlines will buy 15 planes from Boom Supersonic↗ cnbc.com · HN · 498 comments · 698 points · Jun 03, 2021
Belarus diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist↗ bbc.com · HN · 4 comments · 766 points · May 23, 2021
United B772 at Denver on Feb 20th 2021, engine inlet separates from engine↗ avherald.com · HN · 464 comments · 723 points · Feb 20, 2021
20202,223 stories
Chuck Yeager has died↗ twitter.com · HN · 168 comments · 636 points · Dec 08, 2020
Airline pilots landing at LAX report “a guy in jetpack” flying alongside them↗ thedrive.com · HN · 473 comments · 900 points · Sep 01, 2020
Woman makes $420k by buying insurance on flights she predicted would get delayed↗ mothership.sg · HN · 408 comments · 607 points · Jun 15, 2020
MS Flight Simulator 2020 vs. Real life↗ imgur.com · HN · 272 comments · 703 points · May 10, 2020
A man owns the most advanced private air force after buying 46 F/A-18s↗ thedrive.com · HN · 332 comments · 652 points · Apr 10, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

Allow babywearing carriers on planes↗ jefftk.com · HN · 275 comments · 201 points · Sep 25, 2026
Show HN: I made a flight simulator, except you're just a passenger↗ inflightsimulator.com · HN · 205 comments · 446 points · Sep 14, 2026
US halts flights at busy East Coast airports, says fiber line cut↗ reuters.com · HN · 150 comments · 239 points · Sep 21, 2026
The largest electric aircraft just flew [video]↗ youtube.com · HN · 381 comments · 472 points · Sep 01, 2026
An airport cooled by natural ventilation↗ theguardian.com · HN · 47 comments · 72 points · Sep 25, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

The largest electric aircraft just flew [video]↗ youtube.com · HN · 381 comments · 472 points · Sep 01, 2026
Show HN: I made a flight simulator, except you're just a passenger↗ inflightsimulator.com · HN · 205 comments · 446 points · Sep 14, 2026
American Airlines mechanic Azriel “Al” Blackman has died↗ simpleflying.com · HN · 163 comments · 385 points · Aug 29, 2026
US halts flights at busy East Coast airports, says fiber line cut↗ reuters.com · HN · 150 comments · 239 points · Sep 21, 2026
Holden's Lightning Flight↗ en.wikipedia.org · HN · 53 comments · 234 points · Aug 31, 2026
The Helicopter with Radioactive Blades↗ hackaday.com · HN · 62 comments · 203 points · Sep 07, 2026
Allow babywearing carriers on planes↗ jefftk.com · HN · 275 comments · 201 points · Sep 25, 2026
Qantas Airbus A380 engine failure in 2010 (2023)↗ admiralcloudberg.medium.com · HN · 118 comments · 179 points · Sep 02, 2026
NTSB issues investigative update on B-767 runway excursion accident in Miami↗ ntsb.gov:443 · HN · 287 comments · 150 points · Sep 10, 2026
Flights cancelled at UK airports due to ATC issue↗ bbc.com · HN · 127 comments · 126 points · Sep 08, 2026

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