Aeroportrasdaaviacao

Fernando De Borthole is a fully licensed pilot with over 24 years of professional flying experience — he states this directly in his Instagram bio. That hands-on background is what distinguishes Aero - Por Trás da Aviação from typical aviation fan channels, since he can explain cockpit procedures, pilot culture, and technical details from lived experience rather than secondhand research.

Fernando secured rare access to the F-39 Gripen, the Brazilian Air Force's (FAB) new multirole fighter jet, and filmed a full walkthrough for his YouTube audience. The Gripen is a Swedish-designed aircraft that Brazil selected to modernize its air force fleet, and Fernando's cockpit-level access gave viewers a behind-the-scenes look that very few civilian creators have achieved.

The "banho de óleo" — literally "oil bath" — is a longstanding initiation ritual in Brazilian aviation where newly qualified pilots are ceremonially doused with oil as a rite of passage into the profession. Fernando explored the tradition on his channel after it became a topic of wider public discussion following a tragedy, connecting its cultural roots to the tight-knit world of professional pilots.

The Luanniao is a Chinese advanced military aircraft that Fernando featured in a video questioning whether China has produced real-life "Star Wars" technology. The video reflects the channel's scope beyond Brazilian aviation alone, covering global military aircraft developments that captivate the international avgeek community watching his content.

Fernando covered a TAM Fokker-100 that departed São Paulo bound for Vitória on July 9, 1998, turning the historical flight into a deep dive for Brazilian aviation history enthusiasts. His channel regularly revisits significant moments in aviation to explain what was happening behind the scenes, blending storytelling with his expertise as a working pilot.

"Por Trás da Aviação" translates to "Behind Aviation" in English, capturing the channel's core premise of taking viewers backstage into the world of flying. Fernando describes his goal as making aviation accessible to everyone — not just industry professionals — by revealing the curiosities and hidden side of a world he has worked in for more than two decades.

Fernando publishes content in both Portuguese and English, which is why his audience extends well beyond Brazil to viewers in the United States, United Kingdom, and India. English-titled videos like "I Got Inside the F-39 Gripen" and "Did China Create Real-Life Star Wars?" are clearly aimed at the broader global aviation enthusiast community.

Thrustmaster manufactures high-fidelity flight simulator peripherals — yokes, throttle systems, and rudder pedals — used by both trainee pilots and home sim enthusiasts worldwide. The sponsorship is a natural contextual fit for Fernando's channel because a large share of his audience are aviation fans who use flight simulators to experience the cockpit environment he describes and films in his videos.

Aeroportrasdaaviacao has surpassed 2 million subscribers on YouTube, placing Fernando solidly in the Macro creator tier. What stands out beyond the size is that his engagement rate runs several times above the category average, pointing to an exceptionally active and dedicated aviation community rather than a passive subscriber base.

Fernando's recent sponsors include Thrustmaster (flight simulation hardware), Mercado Bitcoin (one of Brazil's leading crypto exchanges), Nomad (a Brazilian international fintech platform), Insider Store (performance apparel), and Conflict of Nations (a strategy game). The mix reflects both his strong Brazilian core audience and the international aviation enthusiast segment that follows his English-language content.